Distribution features of biological hazardous pollutants in residential environments in Korea

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1146-1152

  Lee, Cheol Min ^a   Hong, Soo Jong ^b   Kim, Yoon Shin ^a   Park, Gee Yong ^a   Nam Goung, Sun Ju ^a   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Biological hazardous pollutants; Der f1; Der p1; Endotoxin; House dust mites

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MITE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TOXIN;

KOREA;

ALLERGEN; ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ANTIGEN F 1; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 1; ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITES; PREGNANCY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84891615438     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2005-2     Document Type: Article

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