Natural history of occupational asthma: Relevance of type of agent and other factors in the rate of development of symptoms in affected subjects

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 6 PART 1, 1992, Pages 937-944

  Malo, Jean Luc ^a   Ghezzo, Heberto ^a   D'Aquino, Carlos ^a   L'Archevêque, Jocelyne ^a   Cartier, André ^a,b   Chan Yeung, Moira ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; bronchi; Obstructive lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ISOCYANATE;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CYANATES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHOLS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027048757     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(92)90466-F     Document Type: Article

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