Do long periods off work in peak expiratory flow monitoring improve the sensitivity of occupational asthma diagnosis?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 562-567

  Moore, Vicky C ^a   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^b,c   Burge, Cedd B S G ^a   Pantin, Charles F A ^d   Robertson, Alastair S ^e   Burge, P Sherwood ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955639068     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047621     Document Type: Article

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