Exposure to substances in the workplace and new-onset asthma: an international prospective population-based study (ECRHS-II)

The Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9584, 2007, Pages 336-341

  Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b   Zock, Jan Paul ^a   Jarvis, Debbie ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^d   Lillienberg, Linnéa ^b   Plana, Estel ^a   Radon, Katja ^f   Torén, Kjell ^e   Alliksoo, Ada ^g   Benke, Geza ^h   Blanc, Paul D ⁱ   Dahlman Hoglund, Anna ^e   D'Errico, Angelo ^j   Héry, Michel ^k   Kennedy, Susan ^l   Kunzli, Nino ^a,v   Leynaert, Bénédicte ^m   Mirabelli, Maria C ^a   Muniozguren, Nerea ⁿ   Norbäck, Dan ^o   Olivieri, Mario ^p   Payo, Félix ^q,v   Villani, Simona ^r   van Sprundel, Marc ^s   Urrutia, Isabel ^t   Wieslander, Gunilla ^o   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,v   Antó, Josep M ^a,u   Abramson, M ^v   Woods, R ^v   Walters, E H ^v   Thien, F ^v   Vermeire, P ^v   Weyler, J ^v   Van Sprundel, M ^v   Nelen, V ^v   Jogi, R ^v   Soon, A ^v   Neukirch, F ^v   Liard, R ^v   Zureik, M ^v   Pin, I ^v   Ferran Quentin, J ^v   Heinrich, J ^v   Wjst, M ^v   Frye, C ^v   Meyer, I ^v   Gislason, T ^v   Bugiani, M ^v   Piccioni, P ^v   Carosso, A ^v   Arossa, W ^v   Caria, E ^v   Castiglioni, G ^v   Migliore, E ^v   Romano, C ^v   Fabbro, D ^v   Ciccone, G ^v   Magnani, C ^v   Dalmasso, P ^v   Bono, R ^v   Gigli, G ^v   Giraudo, A ^v   Brussino, M C ^v   Bucca, C ^v   Rolla, G ^v   de Marco, R ^v   Verlato, G ^v   Zanolin, E ^v   Accordini, S ^v   Poli, A ^v   Lo Cascio, V ^v   Ferrari, M ^v   Marinoni, A ^v   Ponzio, M ^v   Frigerio, F ^v   Comelli, M ^v   Grassi, M ^v   Cerveri, I ^v   Corsico, A ^v   Schouten, J ^v   Gulsvik, A ^v   Omenaas, E ^v   Svanes, C ^v   Laerum, B ^v   Basagana, X ^v   Jaen, A ^v   Burgos, F ^v   Maldonado, J ^v   Pereira, A ^v   Sanchez, J L ^v   Martinez Moratalla Rovira, J ^v   Almar, E ^v   Urritia, I ^v   Janson, C ^v   Boman, G ^v   Norback, D ^v   Gunnbjornsdottir, M ^v   Toren, K ^v   Dahlman Hoglund A ^v   Sundberg, R ^v   Norrman, E ^v   Soderberg, M ^v   Franklin, K ^v   Lundback, B ^v   Forsberg, B ^v   Nystrom, L ^v   Dibbert, B ^v   Hazenkamp, M ^v   Brutsche, M ^v   Ackermann Liebrich, U ^v   Burney, P ^v   Chinn, S ^v   Harrison, B ^v   Hall, R ^v   Seaton, D ^v   Osborne, M ^v   Buist, S ^v   Vollmer, W ^v   Johnson, L ^v   more..

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j SCDO Epidemiologia dei Tumori   (Italy)

^k INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m INSERM   (France)

ⁿ Public Health Department of Bizkaia   (Spain)

^o UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^q National Institute of Silicosis   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^t HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^v NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447648124     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61164-7     Document Type: Article

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