German cattle allergy study (CAS): Public health relevance of cattle-allergic farmers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Heutelbeck, Astrid R R ^a   Janicke, Nico ^a   Hilgers, Reinhard ^a   Kütting, Birgitta ^b   Drexler, Hans ^b   Hallier, Ernst ^a   Bickeböller, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle allergy; Employment disability; Occupational disease; Prevention

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN TEST; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35448980664     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0207-y     Document Type: Article

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