Allergen and dust exposure as determinants of work-related symptoms and sensitization in a cohort of flour-exposed workers; A case-control analysis

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-103

  Cullinan, Paul ^a   Cook, Adrian ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a   Sandiford, Colin ^a   Tee, Rosemary D ^a   Venables, Katherine M ^a   McDonald, J Corbett ^a   Newman Taylor, Anthony J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bakers' asthma; Flour; Sensitization; amylase

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FLOUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FLOUR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK;

EID: 0035156847     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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