New Occupational and Environmental Causes of Asthma and Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-616

  Fishwick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergen; Antigen; Asthma; Environmental; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Occupational; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRRITANT AGENT; ISOCYANATE;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ASTHMA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84869213297     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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