The association between occupation and asthma in general medical practice

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1259-1264

  Blanc, Paul D ^a   Eisner, Mark D ^b   Israel, Leslie ^c   Yelin, Edward H ^c  

^a Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^b Arthritis Research Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disability; Occupational disease; Work related

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032924223     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.5.1259     Document Type: Article

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