Non-sensitising air pollution at workplaces and adult-onset asthma in the beginning of this millennium

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 797-804

  Graff, Pål ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^b   Jönsson, Pia ^b   Flodin, Ulf ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Irritants; Low level exposure; Non sensitising; Workplace

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655127828     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0671-2     Document Type: Article

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