Exposure-response relations for self reported asthma and rhinitis in bakers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Brisman, Jonas ^a   Järvholm, Bengt ^b   Lillienberg, Linnéa ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bakers; Exposure response relations; Flour dust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034103946     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.5.335     Document Type: Article

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