Long-term health and employment outcomes of occupational asthma and their determinants

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 481-491

  Gassert, Thomas H ^a,b   Hu, Howard ^a,b,c   Kelsey, Karl T ^a,b,c   Christiani, David C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031833132     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199805000-00011     Document Type: Article

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