Buckwheat flour hypersensitivity: An occupational asthma in a noodle maker

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-427

  Park, H S ^a,b   Nahm, D H ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buckwheat flour; Occupational allergy; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0029989507     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00558.x     Document Type: Article

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