Peak expiratory flow monitoring is not a reliable method for establishing the diagnosis of occupational asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 1100-1102

  Quirce, Santiago ^a   Contreras, Gustavo ^a   Dybuncio, Anne ^a   Chan Yeung, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029111883     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.3.7663790     Document Type: Article

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