Animal allergens and their presence in the environment

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Zahradnik, Eva ^a   Raulf, Monika ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen exposure; Animal allergens; Cats; Cattle; Dogs; Environmental monitoring; Horses; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; LIPOCALIN;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASTHMA; CAT; CATTLE; CLOTHING; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAY CARE; DOG; DOMESTIC HORSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAIR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MITE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PET ANIMAL; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REVIEW; SCHOOL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84897929319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00076     Document Type: Review

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