Latex allergens in tire dust and airborne particles

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1180-1186

  Miguel, Ann G ^a   Cass, Glen R ^a   Weiss, Jay ^b   Glovsky, M Michael ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Hevea brasiliensis; Latex allergen; Tire debris

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LATEX; RUBBER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOVE; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030463942     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041180     Document Type: Article

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