Parental occupation is a risk factor for childhood wheeze and asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 987-993

  Tagiyeva, N ^a   Devereux, G ^a   Semple, S ^a   Sherriff, A ^b   Henderson, J ^c   Elias, P ^d   Ayres, J G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Flour; Jobs; Latex; Parents; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; CYANIC ACID; DYE; ENZYME; FUNGICIDE; GLUE; LATEX; RESIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING; WOOD DUST;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951952549     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00050009     Document Type: Article

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