Respiratory allergy to rats: Exposure-response relationships in laboratory animal workers

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 562-567

  Hollander, Albert ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a   Doekes, Gert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031053098     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.2.9032195     Document Type: Article

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