May the reduction of exposure to specific sensitizers Be an alternative to work cessation in occupational asthma? Results from a follow-up study

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-193

  Talini, D ^a,b   Novelli, F ^a   Melosini, L ^a   Bacci, E ^a   Bartoli, M L ^a   Cianchetti, S ^a   Dente, F L ^a   Di Franco, A ^a   Vagaggini, B ^a   Paggiaro, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ASL 5   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Occupational asthma; Specific sensitizer exposure

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053463354     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327550     Document Type: Article

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