Characteristics associated with health care professional diagnosis of work-related asthma among individuals who describe their asthma as being caused or made worse by workplace exposures

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 485-490

  Knoeller, Gretchen E ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Moorman, Jeanne E ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSED WORK RELATED ASTHMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859638211     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182479f93     Document Type: Article

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