Occupational allergic respiratory diseases in garbage workers: Relevance of molds and actinomycetes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 788, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-320

  Hagemeyer, O ^a   Bunger J ^a   Van Kampen, V ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, M ^a   Drath, C ^b   Merget, R ^a   Brüning, Th ^a   Broding, H C ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Workmen's Compensation Board for Construction Workers Occupational Health Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Garbage handling; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Molds; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHACHOLINE; STEROID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; COMPOSTING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GARBAGE WORKER; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RECYCLING; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881031169     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6627-3_42     Document Type: Article

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