Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) following exposure to toxic gases of a swine confinement building

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1090-1091

  Cormier, Y ^a,c   Coll, B ^b   Laviolette, M ^a   Boulet, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; occupational lung disease

Indexed keywords

TOXIC GAS;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGRICULTURE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029952685     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09051090     Document Type: Article

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