Early incidence of occupational asthma among young bakers, pastry-makers and hairdressers: Design of a retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rémen, Thomas ^a,b   Coevoet, Vincent ^a,b   Acouetey, Dovi Stéphanie ^a,b   Guéant, Jean Louis ^a,b   Guéant Rodriguez, Rosa Maria ^a,b   Paris, Christophe ^a,b   Zmirou Navier, Denis ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UMR7561 CNRS UHP   (France)

^c EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

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EID: 77951225251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-206     Document Type: Article

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