Work-related asthma symptoms and attitudes to the workplace

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Bradshaw, Lisa M ^a   Barber, Christopher M ^a   Davies, Jo ^a   Curran, Andrew D ^a   Fishwick, David ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846074383     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql097     Document Type: Article

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