Evaluation of cleaning activities on respiratory symptoms in asthmatic female homemakers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a,b   Brandt, Dominique ^a   Rezvani, Maziar ^a   Abbott, Carol ^a   Levin, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 59449103819     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60106-8     Document Type: Article

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