Diagnosing occupational asthma: Insight from induced sputum

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Lemiere, Catherine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Eosinophils; Induced sputum; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 5; METHACHOLINE;

BRONCHITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TOLERANCE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SPUTUM;

EID: 33745752508     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y05-135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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