Chemical respiratory allergy: Opportunities for hazard identification and characterisation

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-265

  Kimber, Ian ^a   Agius, Raymond ^b   Basketter, David A ^c   Corsini, Emanuela ^d   Cullinan, Paul ^e   Dearman, Rebecca J ^a   Gimenez Arnau, Elena ^f   Greenwell, Leona ^c   Hartung, Thomas ^g   Kuper, Frieke ^h   Maestrelli, Piero ⁱ   Roggen, Erwin ^j   Rovida, Costanza ^g   Casati, Silvia ^g  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h TNO   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ASSAY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 34249983577     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290703500212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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