Salmon allergen exposure, occupational asthma, and respiratory symptoms among salmon processing workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 624-630

  Dahlman Höglund, Anna ^a   Renström, Anne ^b   Larsson, Per H ^c   Elsayed, Said ^d   Andersson, Eva ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Mabtech AB   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fish aeroallergen; Parvalbumin measurement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SALMON; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SALMON; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861921007     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22067     Document Type: Article

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