Prevalence of house dust mite allergens in low-income homes with evaporative coolers in a semiarid climate

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 38-41

  Johnston, James D ^a   Barney, Taylor P ^a   Crandall, Justin H ^a   Brown, Marinn A ^a   Westover, Tarah R ^a   Paulson, Sterling M ^a   Smith, Madeleine S ^a   Weber, K Scott ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; asthma; evaporative cooler; house dust mites; indoor environmental quality

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; UTAH; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PILOT STUDY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 85012107962     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2017.1282846     Document Type: Article

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