PEF analysis requiring shorter records for occupational asthma diagnosis

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 413-417

  Moore, Vicky C ^a   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^b,c   Burge, Cedd B S G ^a   Pantin, Charles F ^d   Robertson, Alastair S ^a,b   Vellore, Arun Dev ^a   Burge, P Sherwood ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data quantity; Oasys; Occupational asthma; Peak expiratory flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

ASTHMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 69549090194     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp081     Document Type: Article

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