Occupational upper airway disease

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 717-725

  Balkissoon, Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; TOXIC GAS;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ALLERGENICITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOCAL CORD; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 0036946152     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(02)00032-1     Document Type: Review

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