Occupational asthma in an isothiazolinone manufacturing plant

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 746-748

  Bourke, S J ^a,b   Convery, R P ^a   Stenton, S C ^a   Malcolm, R M ^a   Hendrick, D J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocides; Isothiazolinone; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0030776814     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.8.746     Document Type: Article

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