Primary sensitization to sweet bell pepper pollen in greenhouse workers with occupational allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1439-1442

  Vermeulen, A M ^a   Groenewoud, G C M ^a   De Jong, N W ^a   De Groot, H ^a   Gerth Van Wijk, R ^a   Van Toorenenbergen, A W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Horticulture; Occupational allergy; Paprika; Sweet bell pepper

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BELL PEPPER; BIRCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GRASS POLLEN; GREENHOUSE; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; CAPSICUM; CROSS REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POACEAE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0142074301     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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