Prospective study of work related respiratory symptoms in trainee bakers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-61

  de Zotti, Renata ^a   Bovenzi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

amylase sensitisation; Follow up study; Wheat flour; Work related respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-AMYLASE; COUGH; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034104976     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.1.58     Document Type: Article

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