Allergy among veterinary medicine students in The Netherlands

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-55

  Samadi, Sadegh ^a,b   Spithoven, Jack ^a   Jamshidifard, Ali Reza ^b   Berends, Boyd R ^a   Lipman, Len ^a   Heederik, Dick J J ^a   Wouters, Inge M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84355162269     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.064089     Document Type: Article

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