Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures?

BACKGROUND: Specific inhalation challenges (SIC) enable the identification of the agent responsible of occupational asthma (OA). A clinician may fail to identify a specific agent in the workplace, which may potentially lead to a misdiagnosis. The expert assessment method performed by an occupational...

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Main Authors: Carlo de Olim, Denis Bégin, Louis-Philippe Boulet, André Cartier, Michel Gérin, Catherine Lemière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/519123