Grouping strategies for exposure to inhalable dust, wheat allergens and α-amylase allergens in bakeries

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-296

  Houba, Remko ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAKERIES; BIOASSAY; DUST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLERGENS; IMMUNOASSAYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

ALLERGENS; ALPHA-AMYLASE; COOKERY; DUST; FLOUR; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRITICUM;

EID: 0031172238     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(96)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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