A new diagnostic test for occupational asthma utilising the difference in hourly peak expiratory flow between work and rest days

V. C. Moore, M. S. Jaakkola, C. B. S. G. Burge, A. D. Vellore, C. F. Pantin, A. S. Robertson, P. S. Burge (Birmingham, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; Oulu, Finland)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Occupational asthma
Session: Occupational asthma
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1006
Disease area: Airway diseases

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