Current Status of Respiratory Diseases Suffered by Japanese People Living in Southeast Asia

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-333

  Uchikoshi, Akira ^a   Hamada, Atsuo ^a   Eiichi, Okuzawa ^a   Hondo, Kiyomi ^a   Ookubo, Norihiko ^b   Unachak, Varphan ^c   Thomas, Jacob ^d   Morikawa, Tetsuyuki ^e   Takeuchi, Kouichiro ^e   Basugi, Norihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Japan Overseas Medical Fund   (Japan)

^c Chiang Mai Ram Hospital   (Japan)

^d Subang Jaya Medical Center   (Japan)

^e YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Japanese people living abroad; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 43549115095     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.32.329     Document Type: Article

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