Repeated case-control studies as a method of surveillance for asthma in occupations

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-57

  Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Bombana, Susanna ^a   Priante, Eugenia ^a   Gallo, Alessandra ^a   Saia, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina Clinica Padova   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; REVIEW; WELDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031017762     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199701000-00010     Document Type: Review

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