Occupation, asthma, and chronic respiratory symptoms in a community sample of older women

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6 PART I, 1998, Pages 1864-1870

  Forastiere, Francesco ^b   Balmes, John ^b   Scarinci, Marina ^b   Tager, Ira B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031807094     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.6.9712081     Document Type: Article

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