Diagnosis and frequency of work-exacerbated asthma among bakers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 370-375

  Wiszniewska, Marta ^a   Walusiak Skorupa, Jolanta ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BAKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATION TEST; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; WORK EXACERBATED ASTHMA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84885957260     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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