Smoking and occupation from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 643-648

  McCurdy, S A ^a   Sunyer, J ^b   Zock, J P ^b   Anto J M ^b   Kogevinas, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; FUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0041328632     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.9.643     Document Type: Article

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