Measurement of exposure to mouse urinary proteins in an epidemiological study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Gordon, Susan ^a   Kiernan, Linda A ^a,b   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a,c   Cook, A D ^a   Tee, Rosemary D ^a   Newman Taylor, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aeroallergen; mouse urinary proteins; occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031052189     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.2.135     Document Type: Article

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