Work-related allergy and asthma in spice mill workers - The impact of processing dried spices on IgE reactivity patterns

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Van Der Walt, Anita ^a   Lopata, Andreas L ^a,b   Nieuwenhuizen, Natalie E ^a   Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Garlic; Processed allergens; Spices; Work related allergy

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS REACTION; DRY POWDER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GARLIC; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONION; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPICE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CAPSICUM; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GARLIC; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONIONS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; SPICES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 76249128804     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000283038     Document Type: Article

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