Prevalence of asthma by industry and occupation in the U.S. working population

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-475

  McHugh, Michelle K ^a   Symanski, Elaine ^a   Pompeii, Lisa A ^a   Delclos, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Asthma; Epidemiology; Industry; NHANES; Occupation; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951468740     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20800     Document Type: Article

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