Work-Related Asthma Among Adults with Current Asthma in 33 States and DC: Evidence from the Asthma Call-Back Survey, 2006-2007

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-611

  Knoeller, Gretchen E ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Moorman, Jeanne E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051571193     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600419     Document Type: Article

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