Occupational exposures and asthma among nursing professionals

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-278

  Arif, A A ^a   Delclos, G L ^b,c   Serra, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUE; LATEX; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOLVENTS; TEXAS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 66149084705     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042382     Document Type: Article

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