Baker's asthma: Causes and prevention

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 292-296

  Baur, X ^a  

^a Prof Associations' Res Inst O   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; FLOUR; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING;

EID: 0032846101     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050377     Document Type: Short Survey

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