The house dust mite and storage mite fauna of New Zealand dwellings

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Pike, Adrian J ^a   Wickens, Kristen ^b  

^a Building Research Association of New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Blomia thori; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Dust mite; Lepidoglyphus destructor; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650818759     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2008.9722161     Document Type: Article

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