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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Respiratory Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/519123 |