Occupational upper airway disease: How work affects the nose

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 282-291

  Hox, V ^a,b   Steelant, B ^b   Fokkens, W ^c   Nemery, B ^b   Hellings, P W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

irritants; occupational diseases; rhinitis; rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

IRRITANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RHINITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894266546     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12347     Document Type: Review

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