Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome after hydrofluoric acid inhalation
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Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome.
Two types of occupational asthma have been identified and are distinguished by whether they appear after a latency period. Asthma without a latency period is best illustrated by irritant-induced asthma. The reactive airways dysfunction syndrome is a subset of irritant-induced asthma. Although case reports appeared in the literature before 1985, the term reactive airways dysfunction syndrome was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergology International
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1323-8930
DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2016.02.002