Longitudinal assessment of airway caliber and responsiveness in workers exposed to chlorine

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1232-1237

  Gautrin, Denyse ^a,b,c   Leroyer, Christophe ^a,b,c   Infante Rivard, Claire ^a,b,c   Ghezzo, Herberto ^a,b,c   Dufour, Jean Guy ^a,b,c   Girard, Denise ^a,b,c   Malo, Jean Luc ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Occupamed   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; METHACHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032862825     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.4.9811074     Document Type: Article

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