The validation of work-related self-reported asthma exacerbation

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-348

  Bolen, Aimee R ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Sama, Susan R ^b   Preusse, Peggy A ^c   Rosiello, Richard A ^c   Milton, Donald K ^b  

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

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Fallon Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASTHMA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34248215616     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.028662     Document Type: Article

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