Factors influencing duration of exposure with symptoms and costs of occupational asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 728-734

  Miedinger, D ^a   Malo, J L ^a   Ghezzo, H ^a   L'Archeveque J ^a   Zunzunegui, M V ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Diagnosis delay; Economics; Quebec; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77957838924     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00198209     Document Type: Article

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