We thank Drs. Malo and Chan-Yeung for illustrating, in greater detail, the fact that different definitions of occupational asthma serve different purposes. Clearly, some of the definitions reflect differences in local legal frameworks, and it is unlikely that any single definition will apply univers
Occupational asthma: Prevention by definition
โ Scribed by Gregory R. Wagner; David H. Wegman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 30 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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