Cat and dog allergy and total IgE as risk factors of laboratory animal allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 545-554

  Hollander, Albert ^a   Doekes, Gert ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atopy; cross sectional; gender; laboratory animal allergy; smoking

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029958617     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70088-X     Document Type: Article

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