Occupational respiratory hypersensitivity in dental personnel

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-216

  Piirilä, Päivi ^a,b   Hodgson, Ulla ^b   Estlander, Tuula ^b   Keskinen, Helena ^b   Saalo, Anja ^b   Voutilainen, Risto ^b   Kanerva, Lasse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chloramine T; Colophony; Dental personnel; Natural rubber latex; Occupational asthma; Occupational rhinitiss; Protein contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CETIRIZINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE DIPROPIONATE; HYDROQUINONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RESIN; ROSIN; RUBBER; STEROID; TERBUTALINE SULFATE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNGUS; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NOSE MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIC DUST; ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINITIS; SNEEZING; SYMPTOM; TOOTH FILLING; WORKER; WORKING TIME; YEAST;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHLORAMINES; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTISTS; EUGENOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL DRESSINGS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036556268     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-001-0302-4     Document Type: Article

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