Is childhood asthma associated with educational level and longest-held occupation?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-288

  Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Schleiff, Patricia L ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^a  

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

Author keywords

counseling; healthy worker effect; occupational health; vocational guidance

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; LOGISTICS; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856747260     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr300     Document Type: Article

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