Genetics and the occupational environment

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Mapp, Cristina E ^a  

^a Sect of Hyg and Occup Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; Occupational asthma; Risk factors; Susceptibility; Workplace

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ATOPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 15944395088     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000162301.74610.21     Document Type: Review

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