Optimized methods for fungal α-amylase airborne exposure assessment in bakeries and mills

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1229-1238

  Sander, I ^a,b   Zahradnik, E ^b   Bogdanovic, J ^c   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^b   Wouters, I M ^c   Renstrom A ^d   Harris Roberts, J ^e   Robinson, E ^e   Rodrigo, M J ^f   Goldscheid, N ^b   Bruning T ^b   Doekes, G ^c  

^a INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

amylase; Baker's asthma; Exposure assessment; Occupational allergy; Standardization

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; ELUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALPHA-AMYLASE; CALIBRATION; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; FUNGAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 34447532052     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02756.x     Document Type: Article

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