Work-exacerbated asthma and occupational asthma: Do they really differ?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lemière, Catherine ^a   Boulet, Louis Phillippe ^b   Chaboillez, Simone ^a   Forget, Amélie ^a   Chiry, Samah ^a   Villeneuve, Hélène ^b   Prince, Philippe ^b   Maghni, Karim ^a   Kennedy, Wendy A ^a   Blais, Lucie ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; health care use; occupational asthma; sputum eosinophils; work exacerbated asthma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHENOTYPE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; WORK EXACERBATED ASTHMA;

EID: 84875221949     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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