Occupational asthma in food packers;Asma ocupacional en envasadores de alimentos

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 324-326

  Munoz X ^a   Cruz, M J ^a   Albanell, M ^b   Morell, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b ASEPEYO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Challenge test; Occupational asthma; Polyvinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0141728489     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(03)75394-0     Document Type: Article

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