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A simple washing procedure with eucalyptus oil for controlling house dust mites and their allergens in clothing and bedding  Euan R. Tovey, PhD, Lindy.

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1 A simple washing procedure with eucalyptus oil for controlling house dust mites and their allergens in clothing and bedding  Euan R. Tovey, PhD, Lindy G. McDonald, BSc(Hons)  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages (October 1997) DOI: /S (97) Copyright © 1997 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Interaction of eucalyptus oil concentration and time on the percentage of mites killed at water temperatures of 30° C (± 95% confidence interval). Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /S (97) ) Copyright © 1997 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Effect on mite survival of warm machine washing (30° C) of blankets in a 0.2% eucalyptus oil solution (± 95% confidence interval). Percentage killed is based on comparison of numbers of live mites recovered from four sites before washing and then 24 hours after washing from four adjacent sites on each blanket. EO, Eucalyptus oil. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /S (97) ) Copyright © 1997 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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