Occupational asthma, work-related asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Banks, Daniel E ^a   Jalloul, Ahmad ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational asthma; Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome; Work aggravated asthma; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REACTIVE AIRWAYS DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING; WORK RELATED ASTHMA;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33846640134     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32802c7d0f     Document Type: Review

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