Table of Contents:
  • Indoor Allergens
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Allergic Reaction
  • MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM
  • AGENTS, SOURCES, AND SOURCE CONTROLS
  • MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE FUNCTION
  • MEDICAL TESTING METHODS
  • Medical History
  • Skin Tests
  • In Vitro Tests
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • ASSESSING EXPOSURE AND RISK
  • ENGINEERING CONTROL STRATEGIES
  • THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
  • RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESEARCH AGENDA
  • Recommendations
  • AGENTS, SOURCES, SOURCE CONTROLS, AND DISEASES
  • Dust Mite, Cockroach, and Other ArthropodaMEDICAL TESTING METHODS
  • Skin Tests
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • ASSESSING EXPOSURE AND RISK
  • ENGINEERING CONTROL STRATEGIES
  • THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
  • Patients
  • Health Care Providers
  • Engineers, Architects, and Building Maintenance Personnel
  • Research Agenda
  • MAGNITUDE AND DIMENSIONS OF SENSITIZATION AND DISEASE
  • AGENTS, SOURCES, SOURCE CONTROLS, AND DISEASES
  • Dust Mite, Cockroach, and Other Arthropoda
  • Mammals and Birds
  • Microbial Allergens
  • Chemicals
  • PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS
  • MECHANISMS OF IMMUNE FUNCTIONMEDICAL TESTING METHODS
  • Medical History and Diagnosis
  • Skin Tests
  • In Vitro Tests
  • Pulmonary Function
  • ASSESSING EXPOSURE AND RISK
  • ENGINEERING CONTROL STRATEGIES
  • 1 Introduction
  • ALLERGENS AND THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
  • CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
  • SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • 2 Magnitude and Dimensions of Sensitization and Disease Caused by Indoor Allergens
  • IMMUNOLOGIC SENSITIZATION
  • Risk Factors
  • Other Types of Sensitization
  • DISEASES
  • Common Diseases Clearly Related to Allergy and IgE AntibodyALLERGIC ASTHMA
  • Definition and Diagnosis
  • Attributable Fraction
  • Prevalence
  • Incidence
  • Impact
  • Trends Over Time
  • Risk factors
  • Demographics
  • ALLERGIC RHINITIS
  • Prevalence and Incidence
  • Risk Factors
  • ECZEMA
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Allergic Contact Dermatitis
  • Less Common Diseases Clearly Related to Allergy
  • ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS
  • Prevalence
  • HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS
  • Prevalence
  • Disease Severity
  • Risk Factors
  • HUMIDIFIER FEVERPrevalence
  • Common Diseases Possibly Related to Allergy
  • SINUSITIS
  • Prevalence and Severity
  • Risk Factors
  • CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
  • SICK BUILDING SYNDROME
  • SPECIFIC BUILDING-RELATED ILLNESS
  • ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 3 Agents, Sources, Source Controls, and Diseases
  • DUST MITE, COCKROACH, AND OTHER ARTHROPODA
  • Dust Mites as a Source of Indoor Allergens
  • DUST MITE ALLERGENS
  • COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ALLERGEN EXTRACTS
  • Insects as a Source of Indoor Allergens
  • DOMESTIC COCKROACHES