Predictors of self-assessed work ability among subjects with recent-onset asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 729-734

  Balder, B ^a   Lindholm, N B ^a   Lowhagen O ^a   Palmqvist, M ^a   Plaschke, P ^a   Tunsater A ^a   Toren, K ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031840364     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90003-8     Document Type: Article

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