Associations between pre-employment immunologic and airway mucosal factors and the development of occupational allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Krop, Esmeralda J M ^a   Heederik, Dick J J ^b   Lutter, René ^a   de Meer, Gea ^b,c   Aalberse, Rob C ^d   Jansen, Henk M ^a   van der Zee, Jaring S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service Fryslan   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atopy; IgE; laboratory animal allergy; Occupational allergy; sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 61549125379     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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