Occupational asthma in Norway;Astma i norsk arbeidsliv

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2719-2721

  Leira, Håkon Lasse ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; HUMAN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; ASTHMA; HUMANS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 58149242525     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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