The changing distribution of occupational asthma: A survey of supermarket bakery workers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Brant, A ^a   Berriman, J ^a   Sharp, C ^c   Welch, J ^a   Zekveld, C ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, M ^b   Elms, J ^d   Newman Taylor, A ^a   Cullinan, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Occupational Health Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amylase; Bakers; Flour; Immunoglobulin E; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; COOKING; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FLOUR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ASTHMA; BREAD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FLOUR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 13844254902     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00054004     Document Type: Article

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