Occupational lung disease: Part 1. Identifying work-related asthma and other disorders

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 70-78

  Kuschner, Ware G ^a,b   Stark, Paul ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VENTILATOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037389289     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2003.04.1398     Document Type: Conference Paper

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