Association between cleaning-related chemicals and work-related asthma and asthma symptoms among healthcare professionals

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Arif, Ahmed A ^a   Delclos, George L ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BLEACHING AGENT; CHEMOSTERILANT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK RELATED ASTHMA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84355163080     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2011.064865     Document Type: Article

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