Outcome of work-related asthma exacerbations in Quebec and Ontario
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Outcome of work-related asthma exacerbations in Quebec and Ontario.
There are differences in the management of workers with work-related asthma within Canadian provinces. In Quebec, the compensation of a case of occupational asthma is usually based on the positivity of a specific inhalation challenge, whereas in Ontario, the diagnosis is usually based on serial peak expiratory flow (PEF), provocative methacholine concentration causing a 20% decrease in forced e...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00096114