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. 1996 Aug;51(8):857–863. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.8.857

Occupational lung disease. 8. The diagnosis of occupational asthma from serial measurements of lung function at and away from work.

P Bright 1, P S Burge 1
PMCID: PMC472574  PMID: 8795680

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