Occupational airway sensitizers: An overview on the respective literature

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-218

  Van Kampen, V ^a   Merget, R ^a   Baur, X ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway sensitizers; Case reports; Clinical data; Epidemiological studies; Occupational allergens; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALLERGEN; ENZYME; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LATEX;

ARTICLE; FLOUR; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0033923128     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200008)38:2<164::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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