Exposure of grass pollen to volatile organic compounds enhances skin prick test reactivity

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-409

  Huss Marp, Johannes ^a,b   Brockow, K ^a,b   Darsow, U ^a,b   Pfab, F ^a,b   Kramer U ^c   Ring, J ^b   Behrendt, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grass pollen; Laser doppler imaging; Sulfur dioxide; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRICK TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PLANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHLEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 55449116588     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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