Occupational asthma in the furniture industry: Is it due to styrene?

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-341

  Öner, Ferda ^a   Mungan, Dilşad ^a   Numanoglu, Numan ^a   Demirel, Yavuz ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational asthma; Styrene

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; STYRENE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STYRENE;

EID: 4444352579     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079636     Document Type: Article

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