Thaumatin and gum arabic allergy in chewing gum factory workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 664-669

  Tschannen, Mattias P ^a   Glück, Ulrich ^a   Bircher, Andreas J ^b   Heijnen, Ingmar ^b   Pletscher, Claudia ^a  

^a SUVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

allergy; food industry; gum arabic; occupational exposure; thaumatin

Indexed keywords

GUM ARABIC; PLANT PROTEIN; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT;

CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEWING GUM; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TEST;

CHEWING GUM; GUM ARABIC; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 85019545950     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22729     Document Type: Article

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