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Article: Feasibility of using subject-collected dust samples in epidemiologic and clinical studies of indoor allergens.(Research / Article)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Studies of indoor allergen exposures are often limited by the cost and logistics of sending technicians to homes to collect dust. In this study we evaluated the feasibility of having subjects collect their own dust samples. The objectives were to compare allergen concentrations between subject- and technician-collected samples and to examine the sample return rate. Using a dust collection device and written instructions provided to them by mail, 102 subjects collected a combined dust sample from a bed and bedroom floor. Later the same day, a technician collected a side-by-side sample. Dust samples were weighed and analyzed for the cat allergen Fel d 1 and the dust mite ...
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