Storage mites are the main sensitizers among adults in northern Vietnam: Results from a population survey

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1620-1621

  Lâm, Hoàng Thi ^a   Tu'ò'ng, Nguyễn Vǎn ^a   Lundbäck, Bo ^a   Rönmark, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic sensitization; Skin prick tests; Storage mites; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; APPLE; ASTHMA; BIRCH; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MITE; MOULD; NOTE; POLLEN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URTICARIA; VIET NAM; WHEEZING;

ACARIDAE; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 82955249080     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02730.x     Document Type: Note

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