Specific inhalation challenge tests for occupational asthma in Europe: a survey.
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Taishi Harada, Yuji Yoshida, Yasuhiko Kitasato, Nobuko Tsuruta, Kentaro Wakamatsu, Takako Hirota, Makoto Tanaka, Naoki Tashiro, Hiroshi Ishii, Motokimi Shiraishi, Masaki Fujita, Nobuhiko Nagata and Kentaro Watanabe Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Kurume Dai-ichi Hospital, Kurume, Japan. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta National Hospital, Omuta, Japan. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society
دوره 23 132 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014