OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT
Authors: Vincent J. Derbes, Travis Winsor
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 February 1944OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACTVINCENT J. DERBES, M.D., TRAVIS WINSOR, M.D.VINCENT J. DERBES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, TRAVIS WINSOR, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-2-255 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNumerous inhalant materials used in industry are capable of producing sensitization and allergic symptoms in the workers exposed to them. Sayers'1 classification of dusts (table 1) demonstrates the wide range ofthese occupational irritants. This may be perfectly integrated with the classification of dust responses (table 2) which Drinker2has outlined. We are concerned here only with those dusts which are capable of initiating antigen-antibody mechanisms. 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