Occupational rhinitis and asthma: Where do we stand, where do we go?

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Castano, Roberto ^a   Malo, Jean Luc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diagnosis; Occupational; Outcomes; Pathogenesis; Rhinitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; STEROID;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 77952236650     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0092-4     Document Type: Review

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