Exposure-response relations for work related respiratory symptoms and sensitisation in a cohort exposed to α-amylase

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-553

  Brisman, J ^b,c   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a   Venables, K M ^a   Putcha, V ^a   Gordon, S ^a   Taylor, A J N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Imp Coll Sci Technol and Med ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FLOUR; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 2642528670     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006395     Document Type: Article

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