Journal article
Laboratory animal allergy in a pharmaceutical company.
- Abstract:
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A cross sectional survey was carried out on 138 workers exposed to laboratory animals. Sixty (44%) had symptoms in a self completed questionnaire that were consistent with laboratory animal allergy (LAA) of whom 15 (11%) had chest symptoms. There was a positive skin prick test to one or more animal urine extracts (rat, mouse, guinea pig, rabbit) in 13% and 38% had a positive radioallergosorbent test to urine extract. LAA chest symptoms were almost five times more common in atopic than non-ato...
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- Journal:
- British journal of industrial medicine
- Volume:
- 45
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 660-666
- Publication date:
- 1988-10-01
- ISSN:
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0007-1072
- Source identifiers:
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351680
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:351680
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1988
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