House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis: An updated Cochrane systematic review

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-165

  Nurmatov, U ^a   Van Schayck, C P ^a,b   Hurwitz, B ^c   Sheikh, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allergy; avoidance measures; house dust mite; perennial allergic rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; PLACEBO;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BED; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FILTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; HUMANS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 84855783657     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02752.x     Document Type: Review

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