Environmental risk factors and gender in nasal polyposis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 314-317

  Collins, M M ^a   Pang, Y T ^b   Loughran, S ^c   Wilson, J A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Gender; Nasal polyps; Occupational pollutants; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036408843     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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