Occupational allergic disease in cereal workers by stored grain pests

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 369-378

  Armentia, A ^a,c   Martinez, A ^b   Castrodeza, R ^a   Martinez J ^b   Jimeno, A ^a   Mendez J ^a   Stolle, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Department of R and D   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blatta orientalis; Occupational asthma; Storage mites; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CEREAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUST EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTRACT; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD STORAGE; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0030831794     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909709055378     Document Type: Article

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