Occupation and adult-onset asthma among Chinese women in a population-based cohort

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-273

  Krstev, Srmena ^a,b   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^c   Blair, Aaron ^a   Zheng, Wei ^c   Lubin, Jay ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,d   Haupfmann, Michael ^a,e   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^f   Mustafa, Dosemeci ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Industry; Occupation; Occupational asthma; Population based case control study; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 34247270101     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20439     Document Type: Article

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