Occupational asthma by grass pea used in the industrial processing of parquet

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 207-211

  Porcel, Sergio ^a,b   Leon F ^a   Martin Calderin P ^a   Valero, A M ^a   Botello, A ^a   Alvarez Cuesta E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grass pea; Lathyrus sativus; Legumes; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ADHESIVE AGENT; ALLERGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CASE REPORT; CONSTRUCTION WORK; GRASS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; AIR POLLUTANT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; BLOOD; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; FLOUR; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATHYRUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WORKPLACE;

ADHESIVES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CASE REPORT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOUR; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATHYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PLANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035460893     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0546(01)79058-1     Document Type: Article

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