Workplace respiratory irritants and asthma

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 471-483

  Tarlo, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33749007711     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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