First months of employment and new onset of rhinitis in adolescents

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Riu, E ^a   Dressel, H ^a,c   Windstetter, D ^a,b   Weinmayr, G ^c   Weiland, S ^c   Vogelberg, C ^d   Leupold, W ^d   Von Mutius, E ^b   Nowak, D ^a   Radon, K ^a,e  

^a Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Dept of Epidemiology ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cohort; Europe; Occupational epidemiology; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; RHINITIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 38449088977     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00149206     Document Type: Article

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