Contribution of host factors and workplace exposure to the outcome of occupational asthma

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 21, Issue 124, 2012, Pages 88-96

  Maestrelli, Piero ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^b   Mason, Paola ^a   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopy; Cigarette smoke; Duration; Lung function; Occupational exposure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860333926     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: 16000617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00004811     Document Type: Review

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