A study of characteristics of Michigan workers with work-related asthma exposed to welding

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-419

  Banga, Amit ^a   Reilly, Mary Jo ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WELDING; WORK RELATED ASTHMA;

EID: 79955074814     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820fd0c3     Document Type: Article

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