Epidemiology of occupational rhinitis: Prevalence, aetiology and determinants

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1519-1534

  Siracusa, A ^a,c   Desrosiers, M ^b   Marabini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Medicina del Lavoro e Tossicologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0033677454     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00946.x     Document Type: Review

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