The risk of asthma attributable to occupational exposures: A population- based study in Spain

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-143

  Kogevinas, Manolis ^a   Antó, Josep M ^b   Soriano, Joan B ^b   Tobias, Aurelio ^b   Burney, Peter ^b  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 0030016888     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.1.8680669     Document Type: Article

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