Course of occupational asthma depending on the duration of workplace exposure to allergens - A retrospective cohort study in bakers and farmers

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-40

  Broding, Horst Christoph ^a   Frank, Peter ^b   Hoffmeyer, Frank ^a   Bünger, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Government of Central Franconia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergen induced asthma; Occupational exposure adverse effects; Prognosis; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BAKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGING; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960369873     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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