Asthma-like symptoms, atopy, and bronchial responsiveness in furniture workers
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Asthma-like symptoms, atopy, and bronchial responsiveness in furniture workers.
OBJECTIVES To study the role of individual and occupational risk factors for asthma in furniture workers. METHODS 296 workers were examined (258 men, 38 women) with a questionnaire of respiratory symptoms and diseases, baseline spirometry, bronchial provocative test with methacholine, and skin prick tests. Non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity was defined as when a provocative dose with a fa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.11.786