Quality of life of adults with workplace exacerbation of asthma

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1605-1613

  Lowery, Elizabeth P ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Rosiello, Richard ^b   Sama, Susan R ^c   Preusse, Peggy ^b   Milton, Don K ^d  

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

^b Fallon Clinic   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational asthma; Occupational diseases; Occupational health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35848934815     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9274-5     Document Type: Article

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