Mite allergy and mite exposure in Iceland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-17

  Hallas, Thorkil E ^a   Gislason, Thorarinn ^b,c   Gislason, David ^b,c  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Hay; House dust mites; Iceland; Mites

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLERGY; BARN ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; ICELAND; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SENSITIZATION; SPIROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ICELAND; MITES;

ACARI; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 79960367888     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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