What are the questionnaire items most useful in identifying subjects with occupational asthma?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1056-1063

  Vandenplas, O ^a   Ghezzo, H ^b   Munoz, X ^c   Moscato, G ^d   Perfetti, L ^d   Lemiere C ^b   Labrecque, M ^b   L'Archeveque J ^b   Malo, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial diseases; Occupational asthma; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE SECRETION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29244476274     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00024705     Document Type: Article

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