Respiratory symptoms in firefighters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 350-355

  Greven, Frans E ^a,b   Rooyackers, Jos M ^b   Kerstjens, Huib A M ^c   Heederik, Dick J ^b,d  

^a Municipal Public Health Service Groningen   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atopy; Firefighter; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953719363     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20929     Document Type: Article

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