Occupational asthma in the developing and industrialised world: A review

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-133

  Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^a   Quirce, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Industrialised countries; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; ISOCYANATE; PESTICIDE;

ATOPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FLOUR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAIN DUST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WELDING FUME; WOOD DUST;

ASTHMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846871901     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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