Risk factors for allergy due to the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) among table grape farm workers

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-149

  Jeebhay, M F ^a   Baatjies, R ^a   Chang, Y S ^c   Kim, Y K ^d   Kim, Y Y ^c   Major, V ^b   Lopata, A L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grape farmers; Occupational allergy; Pesticides; Spider mite; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALLERGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CROP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EMPLOYMENT; EXPOSURE; EYE; FEMALE; GRAPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; MODEL; MOULD; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; ORCHARD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; SPIDER; SYMPTOM; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; TETRANYCHIDAE; VITIS;

EID: 34548663891     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103226     Document Type: Article

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