Occupational asthma: Etiologies and risk factors

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-167

  Vandenplas, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; HLA ANTIGEN;

ATOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960145296     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2011.3.3.157     Document Type: Review

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