Occupational asthma due to chrome and nickel electroplating

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-32

  Bright, Philip ^a   Burge, P Sherwood ^a   O'Hickey, Stephen P ^a   Gannon, Paul F G ^a   Robertson, Alastair S ^a   Boran, Ahmed ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bronchial provocation testing; chrome; electroplating; nickel; occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; WORK;

EID: 0031015185     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.1.28     Document Type: Article

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