Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis: An EAACI position paper

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 765-779

  Quirce, S ^a   Vandenplas, O ^b   Campo, P ^c   Cruz, M J ^d,e   De Blay, F ^f   Koschel, D ^g   Moscato, G ^h   Pala, G ⁱ   Raulf, M ^j   Sastre, J ^e   Siracusa, A ^k   Tarlo, S M ^l,m   Walusiak Skorupa, J ⁿ   Cormier, Y ^o  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ IDIPAZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^g Fachkrankenhaus Coswig   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁱ Occupational Physician's Division Local Health Authority of Sassari   (Italy)

^j RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁿ NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^o LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

diagnosis; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; occupational disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSECT PROTEIN; METAL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION TEST; INTERSTITIUM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84960444479     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12866     Document Type: Article

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