Occupational asthma from dried flowers of Carthamus tinctorious (safflower) and Achillea millefolium (yarrow)

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1239-1240

  Compes, E ^a   Bartolome B ^b   Fernandez Nieto M ^b   Sastre, J ^b   Cuesta, J ^b  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Carthamus tinctorious; Occupational asthma safflower; Yarrow

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFFLOWER; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACHILLEA; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA; WATER;

EID: 33748289992     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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