Indoor allergen levels in Guangzhou city, southern China

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-191

  Zhang, C ^a   Gjesing, B ^b   Lai, X ^b   Li, J ^a   Spangfort, M D ^b   Zhong, N ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ALK A/S   (China)

Author keywords

cockroach; exposure; house dust mite; indoor allergens; risk factors

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BED; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CHINA; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES MICROCERAS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FURNITURE; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHINA; CITIES; COCKROACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASONS;

EID: 78651065960     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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