Occupational asthma caused by isocyanates: Patterns of asthmatic reactions to increasing day-to-day doses

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1879-1883

  Malo, Jean Luc ^a,b   Ghezzo, Heberto ^a,b   Élie, Robert ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHACHOLINE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0032991628     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.6.9806159     Document Type: Article

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