Dose-response relationships and threshold levels in skin and respiratory allergy

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-251

  Arts, Josje H E ^a   Mommers, Carolien ^a   De Heer, Cees ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose Response; Elicitation; Respiratory Allergy; Sensitization; Skin Allergy

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALDEHYDE; BENZOCAINE; BRONOPOL; CHLOROCRESOL; CYTOKINE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIETHYLAMINE; ETHYLENE; EUGENOL; FORMALDEHYDE; GERANIOL; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOEUGENOL; KATHON CG; LINALOOL; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; NICKEL; OXAZOLONE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; RUBBER; SUBTILISIN; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; TUBERCULIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LANGERHANS CELL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS;

EID: 33645730021     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440500534149     Document Type: Review

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