Respiratory function and immunological status in workers employed in a latex glove manufacturing plant

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Zuskin, Eugenija ^a   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^b   Kanceljak, Bozica ^b   Neil Schachter, E ^c   Macan, Jelena ^b   Budak, Antun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Latex workers; Lung function; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLOVE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LUNG CAPACITY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031964475     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199802)33:2<175::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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