Occupational asthma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 633-641

  Quirce, S ^a,b   Sastre, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Alergología   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; AMMONIA; AMYLASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CELLULASE; CHLORINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PAPAIN; PEPSIN A; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CEREAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0031825005     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03949.x     Document Type: Review

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