Airborne exposure to wheat allergens: Measurement by human immunoglobulin G4 and rabbit immunoglobulin G immunoassays

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1168-1175

  Bogdanovic, J ^a   Wouters, I M ^a   Sander, I ^b   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^b   Elms, J ^c   Rodrigo, M J ^d   Heederik, D J J ^a   Doekes, G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baker's asthma; Enzyme immunoassay; Exposure assessment; Human IgG4; Rabbit IgG; Wheat flour allergen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; WATER;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DUST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLOUR; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RYE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEAT ALLERGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CROSS REACTIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FLOUR; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HORDEUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RABBITS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM;

EID: 33748416850     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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