Occupational asthma and rhinitis due to detergent enzymes in healthcare
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- 1 August 2011
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Occupational Medicine
- Vol. 61 (5) , 364-369
Abstract
Background The use of proteolytic enzymes to improve the cleaning efficacy of washing powders was introduced in the mid 1960s. Many microbial enzymes are known to be potent respiratory sensitizers but previously there has been only one case of occupational asthma associated with workplace exposure in a healthcare worker.Keywords
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