Occupational asthma in the City of São Paulo, 1995-2000, with special reference to gender analysis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 611-617

  Coeli Mendonça, Elizabete Medina ^a   Algranti, Eduardo ^a,f   De Freitas, Jefferson Benedito Pires ^b   Rosa, Edna Aparecida ^c   Dos Santos Freire, José Antônio ^d   Santos, Ubiratan de Paula ^a   Pinto, Jarina ^e   Bussacos, Marco Antônio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CRST Freguesia do O   (Brazil)

^c CRST Sé   (Brazil)

^d CRST Mooca   (Brazil)

^e CRST Lapa   (Brazil)

^f FUNDACENTRO DMe/CST   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Brazil; Gender; Irritant induced asthma; Occupational asthma; Work aggravated asthma

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; BIOMATERIAL; ISOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRAZIL; DISEASE DURATION; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEXTILE FIBER; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0038485995     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10210     Document Type: Article

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