Risk of atopy associated with microbial components in house dust

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  von Hertzen, Leena ^a   Hyvärinen, Anne ^b   Laatikainen, Tiina ^b   Mäkelä, Mika J ^a   Nevalainen, Aino ^b   Vartiainen, Erkki ^b   Haahtela, Tari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ERGOSTEROL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MURAMIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ATOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DUST EXPOSURE; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROFLORA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77649114849     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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