Occupational asthma caused by roasted coffee: Immunologic evidence that roasted coffee contains the same antigens as green coffee, but at a lower concentration

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 464-466

  Lemière, Catherine ^a   Malo, Jean Luc ^a   McCants, Marjorie ^b   Lehrer, Sam ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COFFEE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029818559     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70173-2     Document Type: Article

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