Lung function decline in laboratory animal workers: The role of sensitisation and exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 870-875

  Portengen, L ^a   Hollander, A ^a   Doekes, G ^a   De Meer, G ^a   Heederik, D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; WORKER;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; VITAL CAPACITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242298182     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.11.870     Document Type: Article

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