Specific inhalation challengetest results in occupational and non-occupational asthma patients: Is monitoring peak expiratory flow rate sufficient for diagnosis?

B. Uzmezoglu (Ankara, Turkey), C. Simsek (Ankara, Turkey), G. Sari (Ankara, Turkey)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Occupational and environmental causes of respiratory disease
Session: Occupational and environmental causes of respiratory disease
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 3171
Disease area: Airway diseases

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