Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-110

  Alberts, W Michael ^a   Brooks, Stuart M ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030089773     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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