Are workplace specific inhalation challenges useful for the diagnosis of occupational asthma when challenges are negative in a hospital laboratory?

J. P. Rioux, J. L. Malo, J. L‘Archevêque, M. Labrecque (Montreal, Canada)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Occupational asthma – causes, diagnosis & surveillance
Session: Occupational asthma – causes, diagnosis & surveillance
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1438
Disease area: Airway diseases

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