Occupational obstructive airway diseases in Germany: Frequency and causes in an international comparison

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-152

  Latza, Ute ^a,b   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Occupational Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causes; Obstructive airway disease; Occupational asthma; Occupational disease; Occupations; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

COAL; IRRITANT AGENT; ISOCYANATE;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COAL WORKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST EXPOSURE; FLUOR; GERMANY; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE;

ASTHMA; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ISOCYANATES; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 23644446634     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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