Atopy, symptoms and indoor environmental perceptions, tear film stability, nasal patency and lavage biomarkers in university staff

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 861-872

  Bakke, Jan Vilhelm ^a   Wieslander, Gunilla ^b   Norbäck, Dan ^b   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; IgE; Lysozyme; Occupational medicine; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYSOZYME; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TEARS; TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 42549090765     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0280-2     Document Type: Article

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