An ATS/ERS report: 100 key questions and needs in occupational asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 607-614

  Tarlo, Susan M ^a,c   Malo, J L ^b   Newman Taylor, A ^d   Chan Yeung, M ^d   Vandenplas, O ^d   Bernstein, I L ^d   Wagner, G ^d   Brooks, S ^d   Blanc, P ^d   Anto, J M ^d   Gautrin, D ^d   Latza, U ^d   Redlich, C ^d   Allmers, H ^d   Berstein, D ^d   Mapp, C ^d   Maestrelli, P ^d   Siracusa, A ^d   Banks, D ^d   von Essen, S ^d   Balkissoon, R ^d   Henneberger, P ^d   Toren, K ^d   Kipen, H ^d   Becklake, M ^d   Wisnewski, A ^d   Moscato, G ^d   Brown, W ^d   Nemery, B ^d   Jolly, A ^d   Lemiere C ^d   Rosenman, K ^d   Beckett, W ^d   Muir, D ^d   Ameille, J ^d   Cartier, A ^d   Quirce, S ^d   Holness, D L ^d   Lavoie, K L ^d   Heederik, D ^d   Swanson, M ^d   Bernstein, J ^d   Silverman, F ^d   Nordman, H ^d   Cloutier, Y ^d   Lesage, J ^d   Pacheco, K ^d   Petsonk, L ^d   Burge, P S ^d   Perfetti, L ^d   Sastre, J ^d   Aasen, T ^d   Hargreave, F E ^d   Cote, J ^d   Maghni, K ^d   Cullinan, P ^d   Brant, A ^d   Liss, G M ^d   Labrecque, M ^d   Hendrick, D ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational asthma; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPOSIUM; WORKSHOP;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 33644860786     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00062105     Document Type: Article

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