Twenty-three years of hypersensitivity pneumonitis mortality surveillance in the United States

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 997-1004

  Ki, Moon Bang ^a   Weissman, David N ^a   Pinheiro, Germania A ^a   Antao, Vinicius C S ^a   Wood, John M ^a   Syamlal, Girija ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Death rate; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Industry; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CROP PRODUCTION; DEATH; FARMER LUNG; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845275154     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20405     Document Type: Article

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