Laboratory animal allergy;Allergia da animali da laboratorio

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 428-444

  Corradi, M ^a   Romano, C ^b   Mutti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Laboratory animal

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BODY FLUID; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HAIR; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY FLUIDS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MAMMALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84855388868     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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