Work-related asthma - 38 states and District of Columbia, 2006-2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 375-378

  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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862019514     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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