Airborne dust antigen exposure and specific IgG response in the potato processing industry

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 542-548

  Zock, J P ^a   Doekes, G ^a   Heederik, D ^a   Van Zuylen, M ^a   Wielaard, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IgG; IgG4; Potato antigens; Type III allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; DUST; HUMANS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029952433     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00574.x     Document Type: Article

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