Occupational asthma - The past 50 years

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID; CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; PLICATIC ACID;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST EXPOSURE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHALATION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAWDUST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPIROMETER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FORECASTING; HISTORY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ASTHMA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CYANATES; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LIGNANS; NAPHTHOLS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 3242880482     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/861745     Document Type: Article

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