An evaluation of the incidence of work-related asthma in the United States

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^b   Reilly, Mary Jo ^b   Chang, Yue Fang ^c   Geidenberger, Connie A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Capture recapture methods; Incidence; Occupational asthma; Population based studies; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032601499     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1999.5.1.1     Document Type: Article

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