Prevalence and risk factors of work related asthma by industry among United States workers: Data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (1988-94)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 505-511

  Arif, A A ^a   Whitehead, L W ^a   Delclos, G L ^a   Tortolero, S R ^a   Lee, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MACHINE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036678110     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.8.505     Document Type: Article

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