Flour protein antigens in occupational flour hypersensitivity

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 341-343

  Savolainen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dermatitis; Flour; IgG; Immunoblotting; Rye; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DERMATITIS; DUST EXPOSURE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS;

EID: 0030765036     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/47.6.341     Document Type: Article

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