The dilemma of occupational rhinitis

American Journal of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-341

  Hellgren, Johan ^a   Karlsson, Göran ^a   Torén, Kjell ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; LATEX; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST OF ILLNESS; DANDER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LAVAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORGANIC DUST; PATHOGENESIS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0041384432     PISSN: 11756365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256661     Document Type: Review

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