Baker's asthma - Diagnostics, therapy, prevention;Das Asthma des Bäckers - Diagnostik, Therapie, Prävention

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 136, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 637-641

  Preisser, A M ^a   Wilken, D ^a   Baur, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

asthma; bakers's asthma; flour dust allergy; occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; REVIEW; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DUST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOUR; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DUST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOUR; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST;

EID: 79953067009     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1274554     Document Type: Review

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