Asthma, bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in occupational exposure to wood dust;Asthma, bronkitis og kronisk obstruktiv lungesygdom ved erhvervsmæssig udsættelse for træstøv

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 609-615

  Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Schaumburg, Inger ^a  

^a SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; WOOD;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WOOD;

EID: 0032567606     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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