Asthma caused by occupational exposures is common - A systematic analysis of estimates of the population-attributable fraction

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Torén, Kjell ^a   Blanc, Paul D ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; DUST EXPOSURE; FUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 60949086484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-7     Document Type: Article

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