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| M F JeebhaySummaryAffiliation: University of Cape Town Country: South Africa Publications
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Occupational seafood allergy: a reviewM F Jeebhay
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Room 1111C, First Floor, Anatomy Building, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
Occup Environ Med 58:553-62. 2001..This review focuses on occupational allergy in the fishing and seafood processing industry...
World at work: fish processing workersM F Jeebhay
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Occup Environ Med 61:471-4. 2004
Environmental exposure characterization of fish processing workersM F Jeebhay
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Room 4 44, Fourth Level, Falmouth Building, Anzio Road, Observatary, 7925, South Africa
Ann Occup Hyg 49:423-37. 2005..Aerosolization of seafood and subsequent inhalation, during processing is a potential high-risk activity for allergic respiratory disease...
Determinants of asthma phenotypes in supermarket bakery workersR Baatjies
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Eur Respir J 34:825-33. 2009..4, 2.0-19.8). OA is the most common phenotype among supermarket bakery workers. Analysis of risk factors contributes to defining clinical phenotypes, which will guide ongoing medical surveillance and clinical management of bakery workers...
Seafood processing in South Africa: a study of working practices, occupational health services and allergic health problems in the industryM F Jeebhay
Department of Public Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Occup Med (Lond) 50:406-13. 2000..This is compounded further by the lack of specific statutory guidelines for the evaluation and control of bio-aerosols in South African workplaces...
Occupational allergies in the seafood industry--a comparative study of Australian and South African workplacesA L Lopata
Division of Immunology, NHLS, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Int Marit Health 55:61-73. 2004..It is recommended that further epidemiological studies focus on seafood exposure in Australia and identify specific risk factors for sensitisation...
Risk factors for allergy due to the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) among table grape farm workersM F Jeebhay
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 144:143-9. 2007..Recent studies have reported an increased prevalence of respiratory symptoms among farm workers. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with spider mite allergy among table grape farm workers...
Occupational allergy in laboratory workers caused by the African migratory grasshopper Locusta migratoriaA L Lopata
Division of Immunology, Department of Laboratory Sciences, National Health Laboratory Services, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Allergy 60:200-5. 2005..migratoria allergens is a potential sensitizer in exposed individuals. Raised levels of locust-specific IgE can be readily quantified. The wings of this insect species have been identified as a novel allergen source...
Occupational asthma in the developing and industrialised world: a reviewM F Jeebhay
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 11:122-33. 2007..However, up to one third of workers with occupational asthma continue to remain exposed to the causative agent or suffer prolonged work disruption, discrimination and risk of unemployment...
Chronic airflow obstruction and respiratory symptoms following tuberculosis: a review of South African studiesR I Ehrlich
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:886-91. 2011..A number of South African epidemiological studies have been published, which, although not specifically designed to examine this association, provide useful data on the nature of the relationship...
