Association of bronchial reactivity to occupational agents with methacholine reactivity, sputum cells and immunoglobulin E-mediated reactivity

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Malo, J L ^a,b   Cardinal, S ^a,b   Ghezzo, H ^a,b   L'Archeveque J ^a,b   Castellanos, L ^a,b   Maghni, K ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational asthma; Specific and non specific bronchial reactivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOUR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ALLERGY; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; URTICARIA; WHEAT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NEUTROPHILS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 79952582952     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03659.x     Document Type: Article

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