Occupational asthma in New South Wales (NSW): A population-based study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 258-262

  Johnson, Anthony ^a,b   Toelle, Brett G ^a   Yates, Deborah ^a   Belousova, Elena ^a   Ng, Kitty ^a   Corbett, Stephen ^a   Marks, Guy ^a  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Board Education and Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irritant induced asthma; Occupational asthma; Occupational exposures; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33745686114     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql020     Document Type: Article

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