Sensitisation to common allergens and respiratory symptoms in endotoxin exposed workers: A pooled analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-106

  Basinas, Ioannis ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Heederik, Dick ^b   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a   Smit, Lidwien A M ^b   Samadi, Sadegh ^b   Omland, Øyvind ^a,c   Hjort, Charlotte ^d   Madsen, Anne Mette ^e   Skov, Simon ^f   Wouters, Inge M ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e National Research Center for the Work Environment   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIOFUEL; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; DENMARK; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855705722     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2011.065169     Document Type: Article

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