Occupational asthma due to tampico fiber from agave leaves

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 943-945

  Quirce, S ^a   Fernandez Nieto M ^b   Pastor, C ^b   Sastre, B ^b   Sastre, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exhaled nitric oxide; Induced sputum; Occupational asthma; Specific inhalation challenge; Tampico fiber

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

AGAVE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTACT URTICARIA; DUST; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FIBER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INHALATION TEST; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

AGAVE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAVES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM;

EID: 45149101993     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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