Cat and house dust mite allergen content is stable in frozen dust over time

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3796-3799

  Merritt, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Andersson, Niklas ^a,b   Almqvist, Catarina ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; DUST COLLECTED; DUST SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT;

ALLERGENS; ALLERGIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; DUST COLLECTORS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DUST;

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BED; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH; HOUSE DUST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CATS; DUST; FREEZING; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 84876258200     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3052153     Document Type: Article

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