Exposure-response relationships of occupational inhalative allergens

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 537-544

  Baur, X ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Liebers, V ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; DETERGENT; ISOCYANATE; LATEX;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DANDER; FLOUR; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0031838935     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00276.x     Document Type: Review

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