Association of allergic rhinitis with pesticide use among grape farmers in Crete, Greece

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-421

  Chatzi, Leda ^a   Alegakis, Athanasios ^a   Tzanakis, Nikolaos ^a   Siafakas, Nikolaos ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b   Lionis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAPE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; VITIS;

VITACEAE;

EID: 34249897771     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029835     Document Type: Article

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