Occupational asthma due to latex in a hospital administrative employee

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-453

  Vandenplas, Olivier ^a   Delwiche, Jean Pierre ^a   Sibille, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Latex; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0029924551     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.4.452     Document Type: Article

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