Reduction of exposure in the management of occupational asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-79

  Vandenplas, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; management; occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ISOCYANATE; LATEX; ROSIN;

AEROSOL; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DUST; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS MASK; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952440030     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328344575b     Document Type: Article

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