A workforce-based study of occupational exposures and asthma symptoms in cleaning workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 914-919

  Vizcaya Fernández, David ^a,b,c,d   Mirabelli, Maria C ^e   Antó, Josep Maria ^a,b,c,d   Orriols, Ramon ^f,g   Burgos, Felip ^g,h   Arjona, Lourdes ^a,b,d   Zock, Jan Paul ^a,b,d  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; WAX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SPAIN; STANDARD; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COUGH; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SPAIN;

EID: 81855194400     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.063271     Document Type: Article

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