Defining occupational asthma and confirming the diagnosis: what do experts suggest?

Editorial

Jean-Luc Malo et al. Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jun.

. 2007 Jun;64(6):359-60.

doi: 10.1136/oem.2006.030064.

Abstract

Diagnosis of occupational asthma

Competing interests: None declared.

Consensus study defining occupational asthma and confirming the diagnosis.
Niven RM, Burge S, Fishwick D, Francis HC; GORDS group. Niven RM, et al. Occup Environ Med. 2008 Mar;65(3):215-6. doi: 10.1136/oem.2007.036459. Occup Environ Med. 2008. PMID: 18290271 No abstract available.

Defining and investigating occupational asthma: a consensus approach.
Francis HC, Prys-Picard CO, Fishwick D, Stenton C, Burge PS, Bradshaw LM, Ayres JG, Campbell SM, Niven RM. Francis HC, et al. Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jun;64(6):361-5. doi: 10.1136/oem.2006.028902. Epub 2006 Nov 27. Occup Environ Med. 2007. PMID: 17130175 Free PMC article.

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