| Laboratory
Animal Allergies (LAA) |
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important health problem for animal |
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| handlers and
caregivers |
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| Bland
and colleagues estimated that LAA |
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| affects up to
46% of the 90,000 animal |
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| workers in the U.S. |
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those developing symptoms, more than |
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| 10% develop
asthma with symptoms that |
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exposure stops. |
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