Serum IgG antibodies to mold spores in two norwegian sawmill populations: Relationship to respiratory and other work‐related symptoms

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 207-222

  Eduard, Wijnand ^a   Sandven, Per ^b   Levy, Finn ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

epidemiology; health effects; organic dust; Rhizopus microsporus ssp. rhizopodiformis; serology; wood trimmers

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHIZOPUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FORESTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAECILOMYCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RHIZOPUS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0027178860     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700240207     Document Type: Article

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