Occupational eosinophilic bronchitis in a foundry worker exposed to isocyanate and a baker exposed to flour

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-370

  Di Stefano, Fabio ^a,b   Di Giampaolo, Luca ^a   Verna, Nicola ^a   Di Gioacchino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Respiratory Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; ISOCYANATE; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHITIS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; EOSINOPHILIA; FLOUR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34147197584     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.045666     Document Type: Article

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