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. 1991 May;46(5):396–397. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.5.396

Occupational asthma due to styrene.

J P Hayes 1, L Lambourn 1, J A Hopkirk 1, S R Durham 1, A J Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC1020978  PMID: 2068702

Abstract

In a patient with asthma who was exposed to styrene serial self recorded measurements of peak expiratory flow showed the asthma to be work related, and inhalation tests with styrene reproducibly provoked a dual asthmatic response and increased responsiveness to inhaled histamine.

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