Exposure-effect relationship of platinum salt allergy in a catalyst production plant: Conclusions from a 5-year prospective cohort study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2 II, 2000, Pages 364-370

  Merget, Rolf ^a   Kulzer, Rupprecht ^b   Dierkes Globisch, Alexandra ^a   Breitstadt, Rolf ^b   Gebler, Anja ^c   Kniffka, Annegret ^b   Artelt, Sabine ^d   Koenig, Hans Peter ^d   Alt, Friedrich ^e   Vormberg, Reinhard ^b   Baur, Xaver ^f   Schultze Werninghaus, Gerhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Catalyst; Exposure; Occupational; Platinum; Rhinitis; Risk assessment; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METALLURGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SALTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0033956897     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(00)90089-7     Document Type: Article

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