IL-18 levels in nasal lavage after inhalatory challenge test with flour in bakers diagnosed with occupational asthma

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Krakowiak, Anna ^a   Walusiak, Jolanta ^a   Krawczyk, Patrycja ^a   Wiszniewska, Marta ^a   Dudek, Wojciech ^a   Wittczak, Tomasz ^a   Pałczyński, Cezary ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; IL 18; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FLOUR; HUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 50049111674     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-008-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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