What makes a chemical an allergen?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 28-31

  Kimber, Ian ^a   Dearman, Rebecca J ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SKIN; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037638860     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61645-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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