Laboratory animal dander allergy: I. An occupational disease.
Data from 39 animal facilities established the prevalence and clinical profile of laboratory animal dander allergy (LADA). Twenty-eight percent of affected individuals changed jobs or specific animal contact; more than half of this group voluntarily resigned their employment, establishing LADA as a bona fide occupational disease.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors