Determinants of asthma phenotypes in supermarket bakery workers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 825-833

  Baatjies, R ^a,d   Lopata, A L ^b,e   Sander, I ^f   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^f   Batemane, E D ^c   Meijster, T ^g,h   Heederik, D ^h   Robins, T G ⁱ   Jeebhay, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g TNO   (Netherlands)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma phenotypes; Bakery workers; Determinants; Risk factors; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BARLEY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; NOSE DISEASE; OAT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEANUT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RYE; SELF REPORT; SOYBEAN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEAT; WORKER;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SECALE CEREALE; SKIN TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRITICUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349647480     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00164408     Document Type: Article

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