A household model of German cockroach infestations and their effects on symptoms of atopic asthma
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition which affects 25 million people in the United States. Improper extermination of cockroaches and their associated allergens significantly increases the occurrence of atopic asthma, a type of asthma stemming from exposure to allergens. To date, dynamical studi...
Main Authors: | Amandeep Kaur, Karen Funderburk, Ana Lucía Campaña, Patricia Puente, Karen R. Ríos-Soto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance
2019-12-01
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Series: | Letters in Biomathematics |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23737867.2019.1685920 |
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