Increased risk of asthma among Finnish construction workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 527-531

  Sauni, Riitta ^a   Oksa, Panu ^a   Huikko, Solja ^a   Roto, Pekka ^a   Uitti, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Construction worker; Occupational asthma; Occupational disease; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0346252436     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg112     Document Type: Article

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