Risks for the development of outcomes related to occupational allergies: An application of the asthma-specific job exposure matrix compared with self-reports and investigator scores on job-training-related exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-263

  Suarthana, E ^a,b,c   Heederik, D ^b   Ghezzo, H ^a   Malo, J L ^a   Kennedy, S M ^d   Gautrin, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; DATA COLLECTION; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66149145195     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.041962     Document Type: Article

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