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Indoor allergens : assessing and controlling adverse health effects / Andrew M. Pope, Roy Patterson, and Harriet Burge, editors ; Committee on the Health Effects of Indoor Allergens, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993. - 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-280) and index.

Introduction -- Magnitude and dimensions of sensitization and disease caused by indoor allergens -- Agents, sources, source controls, and diseases -- Mechanisms of immune function -- Medical testing methods -- Assessing exposure and risk -- Engineering control strategies -- Role of education.

ISBN: 0585022607 9780585022604

LCCN: 93000744

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Respiratory allergy.
Indoor air pollution.
Allergens.
Air Pollution, Indoor--adverse effects.
Air Pollution, Indoor--prevention & control.
Allergens--adverse effects.
Hypersensitivity--complications.
MEDICAL--Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--Respiratory.
Allergens.
Indoor air pollution.
Respiratory allergy.
Allergen
Luftverunreinigender Stoff
Allergie.
Binnenklimaat.
Allergenen.

Subjects--Index Terms: Air Pollution, Indoor adverse effects Air Pollution, Indoor prevention & control Allergens Allergens adverse effects Hypersensitivity complications Indoor air pollution Respiratory allergy

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RC589 / .I53 1993eb

Dewey Class. No.: 616.2/02

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 754 / I4115 1993