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Work-related exacerbation of asthma among adults treated by pulmonary specialists

Khosro Sadeghniiat-HaghighiOccupational Sleep Research Center (OSRC), Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Omid AminianOccupational Sleep Research Center (OSRC), Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Arezu NajafiOccupational Sleep Research Center (OSRC), Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Soussan SalehpourChronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Alireza EslaminejadChronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Gholamreza Derakhshan DeilamiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Keramat NourijelyaniDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Susan M. TarloDepartment of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Pages 35-42 | Received 18 Feb 2014, Accepted 27 Jun 2014, Published online: 25 Nov 2015

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