Why are specific inhalation challenges (SIC) negative in workers with suspected occupational asthma?

A. Niranjala (Birmingham, United Kingdom), V. Moore (Birmingham, United Kingdom), G. Walters (Birmingham, United Kingdom), A. Robertson (Birmingham, United Kingdom), S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Occupational lung diseases: from diagnostic techniques to classical and novel causes
Session: Occupational lung diseases: from diagnostic techniques to classical and novel causes
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3280
Disease area: Airway diseases

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