The epidemiology of occupational asthma in Belgium;Épidémiologie de l'asthme professionnel en Belgique

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-430

  Vandenplas, O ^a,c   Larbanois, A ^a   Bugli, C ^a   Kempeneers, E ^b   Nemery, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CEREAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECZEMA; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; URTICARIA;

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CEREALS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ECZEMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISOCYANATES; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; URTICARIA;

EID: 22544448416     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1019/200530010     Document Type: Article

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