Immunological and respiratory changes in tobacco workers.

Background: Tobacco workers develop respiratory changes following occupational exposure to tobacco dust.

Methods: This study investigated 102 tobacco workers as well as a group of 30 matched control workers. Immunological testing, symptom questionnaire, and lung function measurements were performed in all workers.

Sensitization to non-pyroglyphid mites in urban population of Croatia.

Aim: Determination of prevalence of sensitization to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae (pyroglyphid mites), Lepidoglyphus destructor, and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (non-pyroglyphid mites) in urban continental Croatia.

Methods: Specific IgE (sIgE) and skin prick test (SPT) for D. pteronyssinus, D.