Advances in acid anhydride induced occupational asthma.
The acid anhydrides have been signal occupational agents for study because of their inherent and complex biological activity and the wide range of associated occupational airway disease that is manifest in exposed workers in a variety of occupational settings. This year in review has shed light on many of the complexities of anhydride exposure, biologic reactivity and airway disease.
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C Raymond
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Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. crz528@nwu.edu
D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000276:immunology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006241:Haptens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D018448:Models, Immunological; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000276:immunology; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010796:Phthalic Anhydrides / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000378:metabolism
D006241:Haptens; D010796:Phthalic Anhydrides