Community Outbreaks of Asthma Associated with Inhalation of Soybean Dust

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 17, 1989, Pages 1097-1102

  Antó, Josep M ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^a   Rodriguez Roisin, Robert ^b   Suarez Cervera, Maria ^c   Vazquez, Luis ^c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DUST; EPIDEMIC; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; SOYBEAN ALLERGY; SPAIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VEGETABLE DUST;

EID: 0024520518     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198904273201701     Document Type: Article

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