Exposure assessment and sensitisation in workers exposed to organic acid anhydrides

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 228-234

  Drexler, H ^a   Jonsson B A G ^b   Goen T ^a   Nielsen, J ^b   Lakemeyer, M ^a   Welinder, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid anhydrides; Allergy; Biological monitoring; Exposure assessment; Occupational asthma; Specific IgE; Specific IgG

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; EPOXY RESIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AIR MONITORING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0343674505     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050422     Document Type: Article

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