Immunoglobulin E-mediated sensitization to pine and beech dust in relation to wood dust exposure levels and respiratory symptoms in the furniture industry

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Kespohl, Sabine ^b   Jacobsen, Gitte ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^b   Schaumburg, Inger ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beech wood; IgE; IgE mediated allergy; Occupational asthma; Pine wood; Wood dust sensitization; Wood industry

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TIMBER INDUSTRY; WOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEECH; CARPENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; WOOD DUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDUSTRY; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PINUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

DENMARK;

FAGUS; SIGE;

EID: 79957633922     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3087     Document Type: Article

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