Prevalence of occupational allergy to laboratory animals in two towns of North and Central Italy;Prevalenza dell'allergia professionale agli animali di laboratorio in due città del nord e del centro Italia

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-94

  Filon, F Larese ^a   Siracusa, A ^a   Rui, F ^a   Matteucci, G ^a   Pace, M L ^a   Fiorito, A ^a   Morucci, P ^a   Marabbini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity; Laboratory animal allergy; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0036522162     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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