Changes in specific IgE and IgG and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in workers with occupational asthma caused by diisocyanates and removed from exposure

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 530-533

  Malo, Jean Luc ^a   L'Archevêque, Jocelyne ^a   Lummus, Zana ^b   Bernstein, David ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; ISOCYANATE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33746556192     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.04.022     Document Type: Letter

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