ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGEN ANALYSES

Environmental specimens (dust) from indoor home, school, and work-plac e environments can be evaluated for the content of aeroallergens produ ced by dust mite, cat, dog, cockroach, and molds, as a means of determ ining exposure risk and facilitating avoidance therapy. This article e xamines the variables that influence the levels of these allergens in indoor environments, methods for sampling, clinical laboratory assays used for testing, and interpretation of aeroallergen results for makin g decisions about remediation. (C) 1997 Academic Press.