The diagnosis and management of occupational asthma;Diagnostic et prise en charge de l'asthme professionnel

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 999-1012

  Kopferschmitt Kubler, M C ^a   Popin, E ^b   Pauli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Occupational asthma; Occupational lung diseases; Provocation tests

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMYLASE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ATOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 56249130102     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0761-8425(08)74416-4     Document Type: Review

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