Occupational asthma and allergy in snow crab processing in Newfoundland and Labrador

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Gautrin, Denyse ^a   Cartier, A ^a   Howse, D ^b,g   Horth Susin, L ^c,h   Jong, M ^d   Swanson, M ^e   Lehrer, S ^f   Fox, G ^b   Neis, B ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Valley Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h RANA Medical   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CANADA; CRAB; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHELLFISH; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 74049114643     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.039578     Document Type: Article

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