An approach to the diagnosis of occupational asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 6 II, 1999, Pages 577-582

  Mihalas, Lawrence S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Allergy and Asthma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033388919     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)62875-x     Document Type: Article

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