Proteolytic enzyme sensitivity and decrease in respiratory function (a 10-year follow-up)

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-444

  Kizkin, Ozkan ^a,b   Turker, Gamze ^a   Hacievliyagil, Suleyman S ^a   Gunen, Hakan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mehmet Buyruk Caddesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prick test; Proteolytic enzyme; Respiratory function test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DETERGENT; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRICK TEST; RANK SUM TEST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TURKEY;

EID: 0036705629     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0326-4     Document Type: Article

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