Why are some low-molecular-weight agents asthmagenic?

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-383

  Agius, Raymond M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0242332573     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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