An official American thoracic society statement: Work-exacerbated asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-378

  Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Redlich, Carrie A ^a   Callahan, David B ^a   Harber, Philip ^a   Lemier̀e, Catherine ^a   Martin, James ^a   Tarlo, Susan M ^a   Vandenplas, Olivier ^a   Toreń, Kjell ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Exacerbation; Occupational diseases; Work exacerbated asthma; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051575935     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.812011ST     Document Type: Article

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