Comparison of First, Last, and Longest-Held Jobs as Surrogates for All Jobs in Estimating Cumulative Exposure in Cross-Sectional Studies of Work-Related Asthma

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Benke, Geza ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a   McKenzie, Dean P ^a   MacFarlane, Ewan ^a   Del Monaco, Anthony ^a   Hoving, Jan L ^b   Fritschi, Lin ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Exposure Assessment; Fluorides; Occupational Epidemiology; Respiratory Symptoms

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK;

ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36649036353     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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