Adverse respiratory outcomes associated with occupational exposures at a soy processing plant

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1007-1015

  Cummings, K J ^a   Gaughan, D M ^a   Kullman, G J ^a   Beezhold, D H ^a   Green, B J ^a   Blachere, F M ^a   Bledsoe, T ^a   Kreiss, K ^a   Cox Ganser, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin G; Occupational; Soy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOULD; NOSE ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; SOYBEAN; SPIROMETRY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; SOY FOODS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349292271     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00151109     Document Type: Article

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