Occupational exposure among bakery workers: Impact on the occurrence of work-related symptoms as compared with allergic characteristics

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 458-465

  Droste, Jos ^a   Vermeire, Paul ^a   Van Sprundel, Marc ^a   Bulat, Peter ^b,c   Braeckrnan, Lutgart ^b   Myny, Katrien ^b   Vanhoorne, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; WHEAT ALLERGY; WHEEZING;

EID: 18544365817     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000161729.38843.38     Document Type: Article

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