Nasal air sampling used for the assessment of occupational allergen exposure and the efficacy of respiratory protection

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1769-1775

  Renström, Anne ^a   Karlsson, A S ^a   Tovey, E ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergen; Mouse; Occupational; Rat; Respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FACE MASK; FLOW RATE; HELMET; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GAS MASK; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MASK; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MASKS; MICE; NASAL CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036458475     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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