Relationships between asthma and work exposures among non-domestic cleaners in Ontario

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 716-723

  Obadia, Maya ^a,b   Liss, Gary M ^a,b   Lou, Wendy ^b   Purdham, James ^a,b   Tarlo, Susan M ^a,b,c  

^a Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cleaning; Occupational asthma; Work exacerbated asthma; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKER;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68949149642     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20730     Document Type: Article

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