Quantification of the dose of inhaled flour: Relation with nonspecific bronchial and immunological reactivities

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-334

  Choudat, D ^a   Fabries J F ^b   Martin, J C ^a   Villette, C ^a   Tabka, F ^a   Dessanges, J F ^a   Dall Ava, J ^a   Conso, F ^a  

^a AP HP Université Paris ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Occupational asthma; Specific bronchial challenge; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTOSE; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOUR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; WHEAT;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOUR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032824963     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.14233599     Document Type: Article

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