A meta-analysis on wood dust exposure and risk of asthma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-473

  Perez Rios M ^a,b,c   Ruano Ravina, A ^a,b,d   Etminan, M ^e   Takkouche, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Galician Regional Authority   (Spain)

^d Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnicity; Meta analysis; Wood; Work

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CARPENTER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOOD DUST;

ASTHMA; DUST; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOOD;

EID: 77649227370     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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