Genetic Factors and Asthma in Aluminum Smelter Workers

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-200

  Arnaiz, Nilo O ^a   Kaufman, Joel D ^a,b   Daroowalla, Feroza M ^a   Quigley, Sean ^a   Farin, Federico ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Asthma; Genetic susceptibility; Occupational disease; Potroom

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0344823705     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.4.197-200     Document Type: Article

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