Who bears the costs of occupational asthma?

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 92-93

  Burge, P Sherwood ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; ISOCYANATE;

DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79251543333     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.151506     Document Type: Editorial

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