Occupational asthma: natural history, evaluation and management
Lam, S.; Chan-Yeung, M.
Occupational Medicine 2(2): 373-381
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0885-114X PMID: 3303385 Document Number: 295655
A variety of occupational circumstances are capable of inducing asthma by specific exposure to airborne dusts, gases, vapors and fumes. The authors review the clinical history of the disease, including detection of exposures and diagnostic tests. The natural history of occupational asthma, its management and finally its prevention are then discussed.
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