Prevalence of Baker's asthma in Tehran, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-303

  Ehteshami Afshar, Amin ^a,b   Zahmatkesh, Mohammad Mehdi ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CELLULASE; SALBUTAMOL; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FLOUR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOYBEAN; SPIROMETRY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1342291059     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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