Determination of Alt a 1 (Alternaria alternata) in poultry farms and a sawmill using ELISA

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-302

  Prester, Ljerka ^a   MacAn, Jelena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alt a 1; Alternaria alternata; Monoclonal based ELISA; Poultry farms; Sawmill

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALT A 1 ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY FARMING; SAWMILL;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; FUNGI;

EID: 76649085828     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903115402     Document Type: Article

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