Work-related asthma in health care in Ontario

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-284

  Liss, Gary M ^a,c   Buyantseva, Larisa ^a   Luce, Carol E ^b   Ribeiro, Marcos ^a   Manno, Michael ^a   Tarlo, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Workplace Safety and Insurance Board   (Canada)

^c Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleaning agents; Construction dust; Glutaraldehyde; Health care workers; Molds; Natural rubber latex; Occupational asthma; Paint fumes; Work exacerbated asthma

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952731496     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20935     Document Type: Article

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