Occupational exposure and incidence of respiratory disorders in a general population

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 454-460

  Skorge, Trude D ^a,b   Eagan, Tomas M L ^b   Eide, Geir Egil ^a,b   Gulsvik, Amund ^a,b   Bakke, Per S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

JEM; Job Exposure Matrix

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; HEALTH RISK; MATRIX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL DUST; MUCUS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE; WORKROOM AIR; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; AGE; BIOLOGICAL DUST; CHRONIC COUGH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GAS; POPULATION; RISK; SMOKING;

NORWAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449119992     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1352     Document Type: Article

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