A compendium of causative agents of occupational asthma
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A compendium of causative agents of occupational asthma
OBJECTIVE The objective is to provide an evidence-based compendium of allergenic and irritant agents that are known to cause occupational asthma in order to improve diagnostics and disease management. METHODS Two previously published reviews from our group utilized database searches to identify studies which were then rated according to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1745-6673
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-8-15