Latent period for symptomatic sensitization in bakeries

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-95

  Smith, Trevor ^a  

^a CMM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amylase; Asthma; Flour; Latent period; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ASTHMA; DUST; FLOUR; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RHINITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15944427467     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi028     Document Type: Article

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