Tapioca starch powder as a new cause of occupational asthma in bakers

R. Wiggans (Manchester, United Kingdom), J. Pilling (Manchester, United Kingdom), J. Hoyle (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Occupational and environmental lung diseases: inhaled air quality and health effects
Disease area: Airway diseases

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