Pigearias B, Dembele K, Bonny J S, Bogui P, Lonsdorfer J
Laboratoire de Physiologie et Service, Faculté de Médecine C.H.U., Côte-d'Ivoire.
Allerg Immunol (Paris). 1989 Nov;21(9):338-41.
The authors realized an epidemiologic research by skin test method in a furniture factory in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). 19 wood workers underwent these tests: their professional risk to wood dust exposure was over 13 years. The results show the importance of allergenic work atmosphere and mainly the high allergic potential of five exotic woods currently used. This article proposes an approach of the specific immunological pathways through a prospective allergological enquiry conducted at furniture factory in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
