Long-term exposure and health-related quality of life among patients with occupational rhinitis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1288-1297

  Airaksinen, Liisa K ^a   Luukkonen, Ritva A ^b   Lindström, Irmeli ^c   Lauerma, Antti I ^a   Toskala, Elina M ^a  

^a Control of Hypersensitivity Diseases Team ^*  (Finland)

^b Statistical Services Team   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL RHINITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

EID: 74549128502     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b9b242     Document Type: Article

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