Barriers to the recognition and reporting of occupational asthma by Canadian pulmonologists

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Parhar, Anu ^a   Lemiere, Catherine ^b   Beach, Jeremy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Compensation; Occupational; Work related; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SECURITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84858741493     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/754726     Document Type: Article

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