Occupational exposures associated with work-related asthma and work-related wheezing among U.S. workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 368-376

  Arif, Ahmed A ^a   Delclos, George L ^b   Whitehead, Lawrence W ^b   Tortolero, Susan R ^b   Lee, Eun S ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Asthma; Epidemiology; NHANES III; Occupational asthma; Occupations; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE FINISHING; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING; WORKER;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CENSUSES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141641084     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10291     Document Type: Article

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