Occupational exposure to cleaning products and asthma in hospital workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 883-889

  Dumas, Orianne ^a,b   Donnay, Carole ^c   Heederik, Dick J J ^d   Héry, Michel ^e   Choudat, Dominique ^c   Kauffmann, Francine ^a,b   Moual, Nicole Le ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; BLEACHING AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; ASTHMA; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870065933     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100826     Document Type: Article

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