Clinical evaluation, management, and prevention of work-related asthma

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-141

  Friedman Jiménez, George ^a,b   Beckett, William S ^c   Szeinuk, Jaime ^d   Petsonk, Edward L ^e  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airways; Allergy; Asthma; Di agnosis; Irritant; Occupational; Prevention; Public health; Respiratory; Review; Sensitizer

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLICY MAKING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0033991120     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200001)37:1<121::AID-AJIM10>3.3.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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