Latex aeroallergen quantification in hospitals of Moscow, Russia

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-310

  Swanson, Mark ^a   Zakharov, Sergei ^b   Luss, Ludmila ^b   Babakhin, Alexander ^b   Dubuske, Lawrence ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Immunology Research Institute of New England   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUFFER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; PHOSPHATE; POLITEF; PROTEIN; RUBBER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; GLOVE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSITIZATION; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0034768537     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62245-4     Document Type: Article

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