Indices of asthma among atopic and non-atopic woodworkers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 504-511

  Schlunssen V ^a,b   Schaumburg, I ^b   Heederik, D ^c   Taudorf, E ^d   Sigsgaard, T ^e  

^a Skive Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CARPENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MONITOR; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOOD;

EID: 2642536066     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.007815     Document Type: Article

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