Occupational asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 640-649

  Tarlo, Susan M ^a   Lemiere, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84893768098     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1301758     Document Type: Review

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