Occupational asthma

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 653-665

  Szram, Joanna ^a   Cullinan, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; occupation; work

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEROID THERAPY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84867052455     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1326963     Document Type: Article

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