House-dust mites in our homes are a contamination from outdoor sources

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-779

  Hallas, Thorkil E ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 77950945172     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.11.035     Document Type: Article

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