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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Occupational rhinitis: diagnostic criteria, relation to lower airway symptoms and IgE sensitization in bakery workers

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Pages 1211-1217 | Received 07 Feb 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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