Ten years of the SWORD project

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 750-753

  Ross, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0033063431     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00557.x     Document Type: Review

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