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Work-related allergic respiratory disease and asthma in spice mill workers is associated with inhalant chili pepper and garlic exposures

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  • Anita van der Walt Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tanusha Singh National Health Laboratory Services, National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Immunology, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roslynn Baatjies Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Environmental and Occupational Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andreas Ludwig Lopata Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Molecular Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mohamed Fareed Jeebhay Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Mohamed F Jeebhay, Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Room 4.47, Fourth Level, Falmouth Building, Anzio Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; Mohamed.Jeebhay{at}uct.ac.za
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van der Walt A, Singh T, Baatjies R, et al
Work-related allergic respiratory disease and asthma in spice mill workers is associated with inhalant chili pepper and garlic exposures
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2013;70:446-452.

Publication history

  • Received September 6, 2012
  • Revised January 24, 2013
  • Accepted February 20, 2013
  • First published March 14, 2013.
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April 27, 2016

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