Can medical surveillance measures improve the outcome of occupational asthma?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 583-585

  Tarlo, Susan M ^a   Liss, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0035036207     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.114115     Document Type: Article

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