Respiratory health effects and immunological response to thermoactinomyces among sugar cane workers in Nicaragua

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Romeo, Luciano ^a   Molle, Katia Dalle ^a   Zanoni, Giovanna ^a   Peretti, Andrea ^a   Marangi, Gianluca ^b   Conrado, Lisset Guadalupe Loaisiga ^c   Aragón, Aurora ^c   Perbellini, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b ULSS 20   (Italy)

^c en el Jardín botánico ambiental de la UNAN León   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Airborne allergens; Bagassosis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Occupational exposure; Precipitins; Respiratory diseases; Sugar cane workers; Thermoactinomyces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROMONOSPORACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FARMER'S LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROMONOSPORACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PREVALENCE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 70349566369     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.3.249     Document Type: Article

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