Antibody testing: Analysis of the specificity of antibody detection in a non-diisocyanate-exposed population

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1408, 2002, Pages 80-93

  Brown, William E ^a   Gamaluddin, Shereen ^a   Kennedy, Amy L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Antibody specificity; Diisocyanates; IgG; IgG4; TDI

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTIGENS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TESTING; DIISOCYANATES;

ANTIBODIES;

EID: 8844279123     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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