Health effects of exposure to herb dust in valerian growing farmers

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Skórska, Czesława ^a   Golec, Marcin ^a   Mackiewicz, Barbara ^b   Góra, Anna ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bacteria; Fungi; Herb farmers; Herbs; Occupational exposure; Organic dust; Spirometry; Valerian; Work related symptoms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HERB; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRICK TEST; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPIROMETRY; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANTOEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLAND; SKIN TESTS; VALERIAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA; VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 33645072467     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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