Atopic symptoms among California veterinarians

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-171

  Susitaival, Päivikki ^a,b,c   Kirk, John H ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Animal allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Dermatitis; Epidemiology; Occupational diseases; Questionnaire study; Respiratory allergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CALIFORNIA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 0043245776     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10253     Document Type: Article

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