What is a food allergen?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1095-1099

  Lucas, J S A ^a,c   Atkinson, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; KIWIFRUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STANDARDIZATION; BLOOD; FOOD ALLERGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

ACTINIDIA; ALLERGENS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 54449087756     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.02988.x     Document Type: Article

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