Occupational exposure to allergenic mites in a Polish zoo

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Solarz, Krzysztof ^a   Szilman, Piotr ^a   Szilman, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acari; Acaridae; Acaridida; Acarofauna; Allergenic mites; Dermatophagoides farinae; Glycyphagidae; Occupational biohazards; Poland; Pyroglyphidae; Storage mites

Indexed keywords

ACARIDAE; ALLERGENICITY; ANOETIDAE; ARA ARARAUNA; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ASTIGMATA; BIRD; CANIDAE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUST; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; HUMAN; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MAMMAL; MITE; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARROT; POLAND; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ACARUS; ACARUS FARRIS; ACARUS IMMOBILIS; ARA; ARA ARARAUNA; ARTIODACTYLA; ASTIGMATA; AVES; CALOGLYPHUS; CANIDAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; HISTIOSTOMATIDAE; MAMMALIA; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS; PSITTACIDAE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 3042822255     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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