Irritant-induced asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Labrecque, Manon ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Hopital Du Sacre Coeur de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

irritant induced asthma; reactive airways disorder syndrome; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIMETHYL SULFATE; IRRITANT AGENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEROID; VITAMIN D;

AIRFLOW; ASTHMA; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRITANT INDUCED ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REACTIVE AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; RECOGNITION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; DETERGENTS; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84858154480     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32835143b8     Document Type: Review

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