Occupational asthma due to colistin in a pharmaceutical worker

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1200-1202

  Gómez Ollés, Susana ^a,b   Madrid San Martín, Federico ^c   Cruz, María Jesús ^a,b   Muñoz, Xavier ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Profesionales de ASEPEYO Mutua de Accidentes de Trabajo Y Enferm Profesionales de la Seguridad Soc   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BICARBONATE; BROMHEXINE; COLISTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANGANESE SULFATE; METHIONINE; NEOMYCIN; STARCH;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COUGHING; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; WHEEZING; WORKER;

EID: 77951911450     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-1881     Document Type: Article

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