High risk of adult-onset asthma and work-related wheeze in farmers despite low prevalence of asthma in young farmers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1285-1291

  Lembke, B ^a   Janson, C ^a   Norback D ^a   Rask Andersen, Anna ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farm women; Occupational asthma; Occupational diseases; Occupational exposure; Work related wheeze

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 10044233024     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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