Occupational Asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 107-112

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a   Malo, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASTHMA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; LATENT PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 0029021686     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199507133330207     Document Type: Review

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