Early changes in respiratory health in trades' apprentices and physician visits for respiratory illnesses later in life

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Peters, C E ^a   Demers, P A ^a   Sehmer, J ^a   Karlen, B ^a   Kennedy, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRONCHI; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 77950578337     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042663     Document Type: Article

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