Important issues in occupational asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Banks, Daniel E ^a   Tarlo, Susan M ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ACRYLIC ACID; AMINE; ANTIGEN; DYE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; ISOCYANATE; METAL;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033831177     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200001000-00008     Document Type: Review

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