Brief reversible bronchospasm resulting from bichromate exposure

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Shirakawa, Taro ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHROMIUM 51; COBALT CHLORIDE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; METHACHOLINE; NICKEL SULFATE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0030036243     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9936019     Document Type: Article

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