Outcome of occupational asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-128

  Ameille, Jacques ^a   Descatha, Alexis ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma outcome; Occupational asthma; Socioeconomic outcome

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; LATEX; SALMETEROL; STEROID;

AIRWAY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944363142     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000162303.59363.b4     Document Type: Review

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