Self reported rate of occupational asthma in Sweden 1990-2

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 757-761

  Torén, Kjell ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Occupational asthma; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029825177     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.11.757     Document Type: Article

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