High-Molecular-Weight Protein Agents

Asthma in the Workplace and Related Conditions: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 463-480

  Quirce, Santiago ^a   Bernstein, David I ^b   Malo, Jean Luc ^c  

^a Fundacin Jimnez Daz   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.3109/9780849374531-23     Document Type: Chapter

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