Application of porous foams for size-selective measurements of airborne wheat allergen

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Bogdanovic, J ^a   De Pater, A J ^a,b   Doekes, G ^a   Wouters, I M ^a   Heederik, D J J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airborne wheat allergen; Bakers' asthma; Respirable foams; Size selective measurements; Thoracic foams

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE WHEAT ALLERGEN; BAKERS' ASTHMA; RESPIRABLE FOAMS; SIZE-SELECTIVE MEASUREMENTS; THORACIC FOAMS; AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIRBORNE DUSTS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; RESPIRABLE FRACTIONS; SIZE-SELECTIVE;

BIOASSAY; FOAMS; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; PULMONARY DISEASES; DISEASES; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE;

ALLERGIES; ALLERGENS;

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; DUST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FILTER; FLOUR; FOAM; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT; WHEAT ALLERGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARTICLE SIZE; TRITICUM;

EID: 32244447680     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei050     Document Type: Article

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