Do laboratory challenge tests for occupational asthma represent what happens in the workplace?

P. Sherwood Burge, Vicky C. Moore, Alastair S. Robertson, Gareth I. Walters

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (6) 1800059; 10.1183/13993003.00059-2018
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Airway diseases

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