Aetiology of occupational asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Cullinan, P ^a   Newman Taylor, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKING;

EID: 0030915249     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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