Fungal allergy among art conservators: Prevalence, risk factors and clinical symptoms;Uczulenie na grzyby wśród konserwatorów zabytków -wystȩpowanie,czynniki ryzyka i obraz kliniczny

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Wiszniewska, Marta ^a   Świerczyńska Machura, Dominika ^a   PalczyńSki, Cezary ^a   Walusiak Skorupa, Jolanta ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Art conservators; Fungi

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ART; CATS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951796240     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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