Symptoms and immunologic markers among vulcanization workers in rubber industries in southern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-279

  Jönsson, Lena S ^a   Broberg, Karin ^a   Axmon, Anna ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^a   Littorin, Margareta ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 thiothiazolidine 4 carboxylic acid; Airway symptom; Biomarker; Dose response relationship; Eye symptom; Headache; Nausea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

BIOMARKER; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRY THROAT; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPISTAXIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548652986     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1143     Document Type: Article

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