Maize pollen is an important allergen in occupationally exposed workers

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Oldenburg, Marcus ^a   Petersen, Arnd ^b   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross reactivity; IgE reactivity; maize pollen; maize pollination; sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS REACTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLINATION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOMANOMETRY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

PHLEUM PRATENSE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 83255188929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-6-32     Document Type: Article

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