Clinical and laboratory investigation of allergy to genetically modified foods

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1114-1121

  Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a   Bernstein, I Leonard ^a   Bucchini, Luca ^b   Goldman, Lynn R ^b   Hamilton, Robert G ^c   Lehrer, Samuel ^d   Rublin, Carol ^e   Sampson, Hugh A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergens; Bacillus thuringiensis; Crops; Endotoxins; Food hypersensitivity; Genetic engineering; Genetics; Immunology; Recombinant proteins; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTISERUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGENICITY; ANIMAL FOOD; ASSAY; BACTERIAL SPORE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSUMER; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; CROSS REACTION; DUST; EXPOSURE; FLOUR; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038691863     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5811     Document Type: Review

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