Occupational asthma caused by shark cartilage dust [3]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1227-1228

  San Juan, Sara ^a   Garcés, Mar ^a   Caballero, Maria Luisa ^b   Monzón, Susana ^a   Moneo, Ignacio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SHARK CARTILAGE DUST; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CARTILAGE; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHARKS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 7944221436     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.07.057     Document Type: Letter

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