FEV1 decline in occupational asthma

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 751-755

  Anees, W ^a,b   Moore, V C ^b   Burge, P S ^b  

^a Princess Elizabeth Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METAL; OIL; ROSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33748558751     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.054080     Document Type: Article

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