RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Occupational asthma due to a widely used soft solder flux not containing colophony
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 238
OP 240
VO 10
IS 1
A1 Convery, RP
A1 Ward, RJ
A1 Hendrick, DJ
YR 1997
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/10/1/238.abstract
AB A 19 year old woman presented with symptoms suggestive of occupational asthma. The causative agent was thought to be a soft solder flux, which did not contain colophony. The diagnosis was established by specific inhalation challenge tests, which demonstrated both late asthmatic reactions and short-lived increases in airway responsiveness.