Have the prevalence and incidence of occupational asthma and rhinitis because of laboratory animals declined in the last 25 years?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 834-841

  Folletti, I ^a   Forcina, A ^a   Marabini, A ^a   Bussetti, A ^a   Siracusa, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopy; Exposure; Incidence; Laboratory animals; Occupational asthma; Occupational rhinitis; Prevalence; Smoking; Time trends

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RATS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45149105380     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01786.x     Document Type: Review

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