Feasibility of a provincial voluntary reporting system for work-related asthma in Ontario

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 275-277

  To, Teresa ^a   Tarlo, Susan M ^b   McLimont, Susan ^c   Haines, Ted ^d   Holness, D Linn ^e   Lougheed, M Diane ^f   Liss, Gary M ^b   Cicutto, Lisa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupational diseases; Physician reporting; Population surveillance; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METAL; PLASTIC; RUBBER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CANADA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PLANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84860427410     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/541680     Document Type: Article

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