Indoor Allergen Levels and Household Distributions in Nine Cities Across China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 709-717

  Zheng, Yi Wu ^a   Lai, Xu Xin ^a   Zhao, De Yu ^b   Zhang, Chun Qing ^c   Chen, Jian Jun ^d   Zhang, Luo ^e   Wei, Qing Yu ^f   Chen, Shi ^g   Liu, En Mei ^h   Norback, Dan ⁱ   Gjesing, Birgitte ^a   Zhong, Nan Shan ^c   Spangfort, D Michael ^a  

^a ALK A/S   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNION HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f No 202 Hospital of PLA   (China)

^g HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

D. farinae; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; House dust mite; Indoor allergen; Storage mite

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DUST;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BED; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COCKROACH; DUST; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHINA; COCKROACHES; DUST; HOUSING; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEASONS;

EID: 84947761361     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/bes2015.101     Document Type: Article

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