Detergent protease exposure and respiratory disease: Case-referent analysis of a retrospective cohort

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 754-758

  Brant, A ^a   Upchurch, S ^a   Van Tongeren, M ^b   Zekveld, C ^a   Helm, J ^a   Barnes, F ^a   Newman Taylor, A J ^a   Cullinan, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 71049116850     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.043851     Document Type: Article

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