Occupational rhinitis: Consensus on diagnosis and medicolegal implications

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Moscato, Gianna ^a   Rolla, Giovanni ^b   Siracusa, Andrea ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

diagnosis; management; occupational rhinitis; work related rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL RHINITIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SOUTH KOREA;

ALLERGENS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 78751616266     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328341e228     Document Type: Article

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