Occupation and chronic bronchitis among Chinese women

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Krstev, Srmena ^a,b   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^c   Gao, Yu Tang ^d   Blair, Aaron ^a   Lubin, Jay ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,e   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Zheng, Wei ^c   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PAPER INDUSTRY; PASSIVE SMOKING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 38049150352     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31815c6cdf     Document Type: Article

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