British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on occupational asthma

Christopher Michael Barber; Paul Cullinan; Johanna Feary; David Fishwick; Jennifer Hoyle; Hayley Mainman; Gareth Iestyn Walters

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218597

journal article Mar 21, 2022

British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on occupational asthma

Christopher Michael Barber Paul Cullinan Johanna Feary

David Fishwick Jennifer Hoyle Hayley Mainman Gareth Iestyn Walters

Thorax Vol. 77 No. 5 pp. 433-442 · BMJ

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Published: Mar 21, 2022
Vol/Issue: 77(5)
Pages: 433-442

Authors

C

Christopher Michael Barber

P

Paul Cullinan

Unitat Recerca Respiratòria i Ambietal, Institut Municipal Investigació Mèdica; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Pediatrics Service, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona; Area de Salud de Menorca, IB-SALUT, Menorca, Spain; and Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

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Johanna Feary

National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Gareth Iestyn Walters

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Christopher Michael Barber, Paul Cullinan, Johanna Feary, et al. (2022). British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on occupational asthma. Thorax, 77(5), 433-442. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218597

British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on occupational asthma

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