Occupational asthma in New Zealanders: A population based study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Fishwick, D ^a   Pearce, N ^a   D'Souza, W ^a   Lewis, S ^a   Town, I ^b   Armstrong, R ^c   Kogevinas, M ^d   Crane, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Hastings Memorial Hospital   (New Zealand)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

asthma; bronchial hyperresponsiveness; occupations

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030997712     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.5.301     Document Type: Article

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