The effects on asthmatics of exposure to a conventional water-based and a volatile organic compound-free paint

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 563-566

  Beach, J R ^a,b   Raven, J ^a   Ingram, C ^a   Bailey, M ^a   Johns, D ^a   Walters, E H ^a   Abramson, M ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; bronchial hyperreactivity; paint; solvents

Indexed keywords

PAINT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAINT; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SOLVENTS; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031054771     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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