Occupational rhinitis caused by rice flour in a pizzeria worker

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-133

  Antolin Amerigo, D ^a   Rodriguez Rodriguez M ^a   Barbarroja Escudero, J ^a   Perez Bustamante M S ^a   Jimeno Nogales, L ^c   Guerrero Rios J A ^b   Mohedano Vicente, E ^a   Alvarez Mon, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; LETTER; PRICK TEST; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RHINORRHEA; RICE; SLEEP; SNEEZING; WORKER;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORYZA SATIVA; POLLEN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84875618012     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2012.01.006     Document Type: Letter

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