A cross sectional study of chemical industry workers with occupational exposure to persulphates

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 422-426

  Merget, Rolf ^a   Buenemann, Axel ^a   Kulzer, Rupprecht ^c   Rueckmann, Anja ^b   Breitstadt, Rolf ^c   Kniffka, Annegret ^c   Kratisch, Herbert ^d   Vormberg, Reinhard ^d   Schultze Werninghaus, Gerhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^d Medical Department ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

asthma; cross sectional study; persulphates

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SODIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 0029924810     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.6.422     Document Type: Article

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