Work is related to a substantial portion of adult-onset asthma incidence in the finnish population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 565-568

  Karjalainen, Antti ^a   Kurppa, Kari ^b   Martikainen, Rami ^b   Klaukka, Timo ^b   Karjalainen, Jussi ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Incidence; Occupational medicine; Population; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SMOKING;

EID: 0035880997     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.4.2012146     Document Type: Article

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