Occupational asthma and interleukin-8

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1301-1303

  Lezcano Meza, D ^a   Teran, L M ^a  

^a Inst Nacl de Enferm Respiratorias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032831652     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00723.x     Document Type: Editorial

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