Work related asthma: Diagnosis and management

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-42

  Hoy, Ryan F ^a,b   Abramson, Michael J ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 77954639766     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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