Experiences from occupational exposure limits set on aerosols containing allergenic proteins

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 888-900

  Nielsen, Gunnar D ^a   Larsen, Soren T ^a   Hansen, Jitka S ^a   Poulsen, Lars K ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

airway allergy; prevention; risk assessment; standard setting

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; ALLERGENIC PROTEIN; CRITICAL EFFECTS; DOSE-DEPENDENT; DUST LEVELS; FLOUR DUST; GRAIN DUST; INDUSTRIAL ENZYMES; NATURAL RUBBER LATEX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; PREVENTION; PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY; STANDARD SETTING; WOOD DUST;

AEROSOLS; DUST; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLERGIES;

ALLERGEN; ENZYME; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SUBTILISIN;

AEROSOL; CEREAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DUST; FLOUR; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROSOLS; ALLERGENS; CEREALS; DUST; ENZYMES; FLOUR; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBTILISINS; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 84867838799     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes035     Document Type: Review

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