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Pages 457-474 (September 2006)
Vol. 42. Issue 9.
Pages 457-474 (September 2006)
Recommendations Of The Spanish Society Of Pulmonology And Thoracic Surgery (Separ)
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Guidelines for Occupational Asthma
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Ramon Orriols Martíneza,
, Khalil Abu Shamsb, Enrique Alday Figueroac, María Jesús Cruz Carmonaa, Juan Bautista Galdiz Iturrid, Isabel Isidro Montese, Xavier Muñoz Galla, Santiago Quirce Gancedof, Joaquín Sastre Domínguezf, Working Group of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
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Correspondence: Dr. R. Orriols Martínez. Servei de Pneumologia. Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Pg. Vall d'Hebron, 119–129. 08035 Barcelona. España
Correspondence: Dr. R. Orriols Martínez. Servei de Pneumologia. Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Pg. Vall d'Hebron, 119–129. 08035 Barcelona. España
a Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
b Sección de Neumología, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
c Servicio de Neumología, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Madrid, Spain
d Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
e Servicio de Neumología Ocupacional, Instituto Nacional de Silicosis, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
f Servicio de Alergia, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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