Development of a sandwich ELISA to measure exposure to occupational cow hair allergens

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-233

  Zahradnik, Eva ^a   Sander, Ingrid ^a   Bruckmaier, Lydia ^b   Flagge, Angelika ^a   Fleischer, Christina ^a   Schierl, Rudolf ^c   Nowak, Dennis ^c   Sültz, Joachim ^d   Spickenheuer, Anne ^a   Noss, Ilka ^e   Brüning, Thomas ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Land und Forstwirtschaftliche Berufsgenossenschaft Niederbayern/Oberpfalz und Schwaben   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Occupational and Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural environment; Cattle farmers; Cow hair allergens; Occupational allergen exposure; Sandwich ELISA

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COW HAIR ALLERGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COW; CROSS REACTION; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GOAT; GRAIN; HORSE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MITE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SWINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 79251568025     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319839     Document Type: Article

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