Evidence based guidelines for the prevention, identification, and management of occupational asthma

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-299

  Nicholson, P J ^a,b   Cullinan, P ^c   Newman Taylor, A J ^c   Burge, P S ^d   Boyle, C ^e  

^a British Occupational Health Research Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17844366279     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.016287     Document Type: Review

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