Study of employees with anhydride-induced respiratory disease after removal from exposure

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 771-774

  Grammer, Leslie C ^a   Shaughnessy, Martha A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE;

EID: 0029741502     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199608000-00012     Document Type: Article

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