Work-related allergies to storage mites in Parma (Italy) ham workers

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Tafuro, Federica ^a   Ridolo, Erminia ^a   Goldoni, Matteo ^a   Montagni, Marcello ^a   Mutti, Antonio ^a   Corradi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACARIDAE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HAM WORKER; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SMOKING;

ACARIDAE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RHINITIS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930226051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007502     Document Type: Article

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