The role of inhalant food allergens in occupational asthma

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Cartier, André ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Food; Gums; Insects; Meat; Mushrooms; Occupational asthma; Peak expiratory flow; Plants; Seafood; Skin tests; Specific inhalation challenges; Spices

Indexed keywords

ALGAROBA; AMYLASE; BROMELAIN; CARMINIC ACID; CASTOR OIL; CELLULASE; FOOD ADDITIVE; FOOD ALLERGEN; FOOD DYE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANNAN; PAPAIN; PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE; SODIUM METABISULFITE; THIAMINE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLEANING; COOKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INHALATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRICK TEST; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAPOR; WATER VAPOR;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; FOOD; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 77956261769     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0130-2     Document Type: Review

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