Occupational asthma caused by cellulase and lipase in the detergent industry

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 793-795

  Brant, A ^a   Hole, A ^a   Cannon, J ^a   Helm, J ^a   Swales, C ^a   Welch, J ^a   Newman Taylor, A ^a   Cullinan, P ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; DETERGENT; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CELLULASE; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 4444295951     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011288     Document Type: Article

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