Occupational immediate-type asthma and rhinitis due to rhodium salts

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Merget, Rolf ^a   Sander, Ingrid ^a   Van Kampen, Vera ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Ulmer, Hans Martin ^b   Kulzer, Rupprecht ^c   Bruening, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Medical Rehabilitation Centre Irma   (Germany)

^c EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Occupational; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM; RHODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INHALATION TEST; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPLATING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLATINUM; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHODIUM;

EID: 74949106871     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20786     Document Type: Article

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