Exaggerated responses to chlorine inhalation among persons with nonspecific airway hyperreactivity

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-337

  D'Alessandro, Alessandra ^a,c   Kuschner, Ware ^a,b,c   Wong, Hofer ^c   Boushey, Homer A ^b,c   Blanc, Paul D ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

airway responsiveness; asthma; chlorine; irritant; occupational

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030023135     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.2.331     Document Type: Article

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