A cross-sectional study of workers in the chemical industry with occupational exposure to hexamethylenetetramine

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 533-538

  Merget, R ^a   Topcu, M ^a   Friese, K ^b   Vormberg, R ^b   Fuchs, T ^c   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Breitstadt, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Dermatitis; Hexamethylenetetramine

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; METHENAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDUSTRY; MALE; METHENAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICS; RUBBER; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032696720     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050412     Document Type: Article

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