Effect of an air cleaner with electrostatic filter on the removal of airborne house dust mite allergens

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 918-923

  Agrawal, Santosh Rani ^a   Kim, Hak Joon ^b   Lee, Yong Won ^a   Sohn, Jung Ho ^a   Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^b   Lee, Sung Hwa ^c   Hong, Chein Soo ^a   Park, Jung Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^c LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrostatic air cleaner; Environmental control; House dust mite

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DEVICE; ELECTROSTATIC AIR CLEANER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTER; HOUSE DUST; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSITIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CULTURE MEDIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTRATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MITES; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 77957962903     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.6.918     Document Type: Article

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