Occupational asthma to metabisulphites: Three cases;Asthme professionnel aux metabisulfites. Trois observations

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Agard, C ^a   Nicolet Akhavan, F ^a   Bouillard, J ^a   Sandron, D ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Profession; Sulphite

Indexed keywords

SULFITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; AGRICULTURE; INDUSTRY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SULFITES;

EID: 0032158932     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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