Quantification of the inhalable exposure to α-amylase in two bakeries;Quantifizierung der inhalativen Belastung mit α-amylase in zwei Backereien

Pneumologie

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 440-443

  Sander, I ^a,c   Neuhaus Schroder C ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Doekes, C ^b   Heederik, D ^b   Baur, X ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOUR; GERMANY; GRAIN DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RHINITIS; WORKPLACE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASTHMA; DUST; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031753352     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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