Antibody response to long-term and high-dose mould-exposed sawmill workers

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 711-718

  Rydjord, B ^a   Eduard, W ^b   Stensby, B ^a   Sandven, P ^a   Michaelsen, T E ^a,c   Wiker, H G ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 36249026935     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2007.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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