Audit of the recording of occupational asthma in primary care

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 570-573

  Walters, G I ^a   Mcgrath, E E ^a   Ayres, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Occupation; Occupational asthma; Primary health care; Screening; Work related symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; CLINICAL AUDIT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867295860     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs114     Document Type: Article

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