Occupational asthma due to polyvinyl chloride and methyl methacrylate in a plumber

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 437-438

  Uriarte, Silvia A ^a   Fernandez Nieto M ^a,b   Sastre, J ^a,b  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adhesives; Occupational asthma; Polyvinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOHEXANONE; FRACTION OF EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE TEST; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLUMBER; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; SPECIFIC INHALATION CHALLENGE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887394148     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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