Allergy to α-amylase in apprentice bakers - Prevalence, incidence, risk factors and clinical symptoms;Uczulenie na α-amylazȩ u uczniów szkół piekarskich - Zapadalność, czynniki ryzyka i obraz kliniczny

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-130

  Walusiak, Jolanta ^a,c   Wiszniewska, Marta ^a   Krawczyk Adamus, Patrycja ^a   Nieścierenko, Ewa ^b   Pałczyński, Cezary ^a  

^a Instytutu Medycyny Pracy Im Prof J Nofera W odzi   (Poland)

^b Z Mazowieckiego Ośrodka Medycyny Pracy W Płocku ^*

^c NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apprentice bakers; Bakers' asthma; Risk factors; amylase

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOR; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; BLOOD; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; SKIN TEST; STATISTICS; WHEAT ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; WHEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 21544460157     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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