Occupational asthma: Measures of frequency from four countries

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 435-440

  Meredith, Sarah ^a,c   Nordman, Henrik ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029965884     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.4.435     Document Type: Article

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