Effective health surveillance for occupational asthma in motor vehicle repair

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 551-555

  Mackie, James ^a  

^a Grosvenor Health Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health surveillance; Isocyanates; Motor vehicle repair; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ISOCYANATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 57649116166     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn129     Document Type: Article

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