著者

Tetsuhisa Kitamura Kazunari Satomura Takashi Kawamura Sachiko Yamada Kyoko Takashima Narufumi Suganuma Hideo Namai Yoko Komura for The Great Cold Investigators-I

出版者

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

雑誌

Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.46, no.18, pp.1623-1624, 2007 (Released:2007-09-14)

参考文献数

5

被引用文献数

25 29

著者

Basilua Andre MUZEMBO Masamitsu EITOKU Yuta INAOKA Makiko OOGIKU Mitomo KAWAKUBO Ryuta TAI Momoko TAKECHI Ken-ichi HIRABAYASHI Naofumi YOSHIDA Nlandu Roger NGATU Ryoji HIROTA Bernardus SANDJAYA Narufumi SUGANUMA

出版者

独立行政法人 労働安全衛生総合研究所

雑誌

Industrial Health (ISSN:00198366)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.3, pp.256-261, 2014 (Released:2014-07-05)

参考文献数

25

被引用文献数

10

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Allergy to laboratory animals is a well known occupational hazard and remains a health concern for individuals in contact with lab animals. This study evaluates the prevalence of allergy symptoms among medical researchers exposed to laboratory animals. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey, involving subjects (n=169, 21–59 yr), working in Kochi Medical School, Japan. They were asked to fill out a questionnaire to evaluate symptoms related to contact with laboratory animals. The overall response rate was 86.2%. The prevalence of laboratory animal allergy was 17.6%. The symptoms most reported were allergic rhino-conjunctivitis and asthma. A small number of the subjects received education on the allergy issue and 62.5% of subjects with an allergy to laboratory animals claimed to have atopy. Protection from animal allergens should be a high priority for institutions using lab animals; providing continuous education to animal handlers would be meaningful to reduce and control exposure.