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. 2020 Dec 2;4:118–123. doi: 10.5414/ALX02129E

Box. Causes of occupational allergic rhinopathy or bronchial asthma that warrant a suspected occupational disease report (examples, [8]):

Herbal allergens: dust of flour and bran from cereals, dust of various types of timber, castor oil bean dust, green coffee bean dust, cocoa bean dust, lycopodium dust, aerosols containing mold, bell pepper pollen, strawberry pollen, tomato pollen, feed dust, tea dust.
Livestock allergens: insect dust, feather dust, hair dust, raw silk dust, mother-of-pearl dust, mites, urine from rodents, animal epithelia.
Miscellaneous allergens: Substances classified as respiratory tract-sensitizing in the safety data sheet or in the commercial register of hazardous substances (see also TRGS 406 [9]), e.g., antibiotics, sulfonamides, proteases, and enzyme-containing dusts (e.g., α-amylase, phytase), platinum, persulfates.