Occupation and Asthma: A Population-based Incident Case-Control Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 981-987

  Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b   Piipari, Ritva ^c   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case control studies; Occupational diseases; Occupations

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PLASTIC; RUBBER;

ASTHMA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FINLAND; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0242526250     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg238     Document Type: Article

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