Occupational allergy and asthma among salt water fish processing workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 899-910

  Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^a   Robins, Thomas G ^b   Miller, Mary E ^c   Bateman, Eric ^a   Smuts, Marius ^d,e   Baatjies, Roslynn ^a   Lopata, Andreas L ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Department of Labour and Industries ^*  (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atopy; Fish processing; Gender; Occupational allergy; Smoking; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE TEST; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SEA FOOD; SENSITIZATION; SHELLFISH; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 57149103944     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20635     Document Type: Article

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