Sensitization to king scallop (Pectin maximus) and queen scallop (Chlamys opercularis) proteins

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-66

  Barraclough, Richard M ^a   Walker, J ^a   Hamilton, N ^b   Fishwick, D ^a   Curran, A D ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IgE; Occupational asthma; Scallops; Sensitization; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; CRAB; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SCALLOP; SHELLFISH; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PECTINIDAE; PROTEINS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SHELLFISH; URTICARIA;

EID: 30844434147     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi175     Document Type: Article

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