New-onset asthma associated with exposure to 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4- triazole

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1246-1252

  Hnizdo, Eva ^a   Sylvain, David ^a   Lewis, Daniel M ^a   Pechter, Elise ^b   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MA Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 5 MERCAPTO 1,2,4 TRIAZOLE; N (2,6 DIFLUOROPHENYL) 5 METHYL [1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE 2 SULFONAMIDE; SULFONAMIDE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ASTHMA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRIAZOLES; WEST VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10344267543     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000145001.98992.ad     Document Type: Review

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