Wheat antigen exposure assessment for epidemiological studies in bakeries using personal dust sampling and inhibition ELISA

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 154-163

  Houba, R ^a   Van Run, P ^a   Heederik, D ^a   Doekes, G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airborne allergens; Bakery workers; Exposure; Inhibition ELISA; Occupational allergy; Occupational asthma; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOUR; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANTIGENS; ASTHMA; DUST; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TRITICUM;

EID: 0030028361     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00074.x     Document Type: Article

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