Prevalence and risk of asthma symptoms among firefighters in são paulo, brazil: A population-based study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Ribeiro, Marcos ^a,b,c   De Santos, Ubiratan Paula ^a   Bussacos, Marco Antonio ^b   Terra Filho, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Division of Statistics and Epidemiology Fundacentro   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ecrhs questionnaire; Epidemiology; Firefighters; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 61849117328     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20669     Document Type: Article

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