Risks of exposure to occupational asthmogens in atopic and nonatopic asthma a case-control study in Taiwan

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1369-1376

  Wang, Tsu Nai ^a,b   Lin, Meng Chih ^b   Wu, Chao Chien ^b   Leung, Sum Yee ^b   Huang, Ming Shyan ^c   Chuang, Hung Yi ^a,c   Lee, Chien Hung ^a   Wu, Deng Chyang ^c   Ho, Pei Shan ^a   Ko, Albert Min Shan ^a   Chang, Po Ya ^a   Ko, Ying Chin ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649858883     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200906-0969OC     Document Type: Article

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