Crab allergen exposures aboard five crab-processing vessels

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 605-609

  Beaudet, Nancy ^a   Andrew Brodkin, C ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Daroowalla, Feroza ^a   Flack, Joy ^b   Doherty, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Occupational Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; Asthma; Crab; Exposure; Occupational; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CRAB; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; SEROLOGY; SHIP; STANDARDIZATION; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ALASKA; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHELLFISH; SHIPS;

EID: 0036750676     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984746     Document Type: Article

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