A state-based surveillance system for work-related asthma

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 415-425

  Rosenman, Kenneth D ^a   Reilly, Mary J ^a   Kalinowski, Douglas J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030950388     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199705000-00007     Document Type: Article

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