Occupational asthma caused by sodium disulphite in Norwegian lobster fishing

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 873-874

  Madsen, J ^a   Sherson, D ^a   Kjoller H ^a   Hansen, I ^a   Rasmussen, K ^b  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; BUDESONIDE; PREDNISOLONE; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FISHERMAN; FISHING; HUMAN; LOBSTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DISULFIDES; FISHERIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHROPIDAE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHELLFISH; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

LOBSTER;

EID: 5044234360     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011585     Document Type: Article

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