Exposure to bioaerosols: Allergic reactions and respiratory function in Polish hop growers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-374

  Góra, Anna ^a   Skórska, Czesława ^a   Prazmo, Zofia ^a   Krysińska Traczyk, Ewa ^a   Sitkowska, Jolanta ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Farmers; Hop (Humulus lupulus); Organic dust; Sensitization; Work related

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PRECIPITIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNARIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMULUS LUPULUS; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANTOEA; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SKIN TEST; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMULUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SKIN TESTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 4944254300     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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