Gender and snow crab occupational asthma in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-174

  Howse, Dana ^a   Gautrin, Denyse ^b   Neis, Barbara ^a   Cartier, André ^b   Horth Susin, Lise ^c   Jong, Michael ^a   Swanson, Mark C ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Valley Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Gender; Occupational asthma; Prevalence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; CRAB; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHELLFISH;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; CRAB; DYSPNEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; ROOM VENTILATION; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKER;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33646449807     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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