Work-related asthma in the educational services industry: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-2000

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-59

  Mazurek, Jacek M ^a,f   Filios, Margaret ^a   Willis, Ruth ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^b   Reilly, Mary Jo ^b   McGreevy, Katharine ^c   Schill, Donald P ^c   Valiante, David ^c   Pechter, Elise ^d   Davis, Letitia ^d   Flattery, Jennifer ^e   Harrison, Robert ^e  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f HG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational health; School; Surveillance; Teachers

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; GLUE; HYDROCARBON; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 37549008752     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20539     Document Type: Article

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