Symptoms, spirometry, and serum antibody concentrations among compost workers exposed to organic dust

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 8-10, 2012, Pages 492-500

  Van Kampen, Vera ^a   Deckert, Anja ^a   Hoffmeyer, Frank ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^a   Brinkmann, Elmar ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Bünger, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; AEROSOL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COUGH; DUST; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGI; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84862572585     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.674918     Document Type: Article

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