A case series of 71 patients referred to a hospital-based occupational and environmental medicine clinic for occupational asthma

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-104

  Wheeler, Stephanie ^a   Rosenstock, Linda ^a,b   Barnhart, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CRAB; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; SENSITIZATION; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031936622     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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