Assessment of exposure to wheat flour and the shape of its relationship with specific sensitization

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Peretz, Chavez ^a,b   De Pater, Nettie ^a,c   De Monchy, Jan ^d   Oostenbrink, Joke ^d   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bakers; Exposure response; Models; Occupational exposure; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

HEALTH IMPACT; MILLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FLOUR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE; WORKER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 14844338574     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.850     Document Type: Article

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