Irritant-induced asthma and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome

Asthma in the Workplace, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 305-324

  Brooks, Stuart M ^a   Malo, Jean Luc ^b   Gautrin, Denyse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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