Airway response to chlorine inhalation (bleach) among cleaning workers with and without bronchial hyperresponsiveness

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-299

  Sastre, Joaquín ^a   Madero, Mauro F ^a   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a   Sastre, Beatriz ^a   del Pozo, Victoria ^a   Potro, Manuela García del ^b   Quirce, Santiago ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Chlorine; Cleaner's asthma; Irritant asthma

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DETERGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHLORINE; COHORT STUDIES; DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952730771     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20912     Document Type: Article

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