Occupational asthma in greenhouse flower and ornamental plant growers

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 954-960

  Monsó, Eduard ^a,b,c   Magarolas, Ramón ^a,b,c   Badorrey, Isabel ^a,b,c   Radon, Katja ^a,b,c   Nowak, Dennis ^a,b,c   Morera, Josep ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Hospital Mare de Deu de la Salut   (Spain)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flower; Greenhouse; Molds; Occupational asthma; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLORICULTURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036528899     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.165.7.2106152     Document Type: Article

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