Occupational asthma: An assessment of diagnostic agreement between physicians

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Fishwick, David ^a   Bradshaw, Lisa ^a   Henson, Mandy ^a   Stenton, Chris ^b   Hendrick, David ^b   Burge, Sherwood ^c   Niven, Rob ^d   Warburton, Chris ^e   Rogers, Trevor ^f   Rawbone, Roger ^g   Cullinan, Paul ^h   Barber, Chris ^a   Pickering, Tony ^d   Williams, Nerys ^g   Ayres, Jon ⁱ   Curran, Andrew D ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ADULT; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 33947528874     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027722     Document Type: Article

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