Population-based surveillance of asthma among workers in British Columbia, Canada

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-94

  Koehoorn, M ^a   Tamburic, L ^a   Mcleod, C B ^a   Demers, P A ^b   Lynd, L ^a   Kennedy, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Occupational Cancer Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; British columbia; Occupational diseases; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VITAL STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84874746733     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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