Need for monitoring nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness before and after isocyanate inhalation challenge

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1276-1279

  Sastre, Joaquín ^a,b   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a   Novalbos, Ana ^a   De Las Heras, Manuel ^a   Cuesta, Javier ^a   Quirce, Santiago ^a  

^a Allergy Department   (Spain)

^b Servicios de Alergia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Inhalation challenge; Isocyanates; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANATE; METHACHOLINE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; SMOKING;

EID: 0345381946     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.4.1276     Document Type: Article

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