Occupational and work-exacerbated asthma: Similarities and differences

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Lemiere, Catherine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

work aggravated asthma; work exacerbated asthma; work related asthma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952203695     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.1.1.43     Document Type: Article

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