Indoor allergens in school and day care environments

Indoor and Outdoor Air Fungus Bioaerosols in Khorramabad Day Care Child Centers Western of Iran, 2018

Introduction: the aim of this study was to determine the quantity and quality of indoor and outdoor air fungus bioaerosols in Khorramabad day care child centers. Materials and Methods: A total of 180 air samples were collected from 10 centers in 2018. The samples included 7 indoor and 2 outdoor sampling points. The total number of children was 580. Sampling of fungal bioaerosols was performed ...

Diabetes Care in the School and Day Care Setting

D iabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood (1). There are 186,300 individuals 20 years of age with diabetes in the U.S. Based on 2002–2003 data, the rate of new type 1 diabetes cases was 19.0 per 100,000 children and of type 2 diabetes was 5.3 per 100,000 (2). The majority of these young people attend school and/or some type of day care and need knowledgeable staff to pro...

Rare indoor allergens.

Rare allergens in indoor environment are insufficiently recognized. The sources are diverse: they include animal, namely acaride, insect and mammalian allergens or vegetable allergens. The prevalence of sensitization to rare allergens depends on geographical and climatological characteristics, on people's habits and overall on dwelling specificities. Sensitizations to new rare allergens should ...

Indoor Allergens Endanger Health

Between September 1981 and November 1984 the Danish Ovarian Cancer Group (DACOVA) performed two randomised trials. One for adjuvant therapy in stages Ib, Ic and II and one for chemotherapy treatment in stages III and IV. One hundred and twenty patients fulfilled criteria for the early stage protocol but only 60% was randomised. Three hundred and sixty-one fulfilled criteria for the advanced sta...

Indoor and outdoor allergens in Bloemfontein.