Asthma and occupation in the 1958 birth cohort

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-371

  Ghosh, Rebecca Elisabeth ^a,b   Cullinan, Paul ^b   Fishwick, David ^c   Hoyle, Jennifer ^d   Warburton, Chris J ^e   Strachan, David P ^f   Butland, Barbara K ^f   Jarvis, Debbie ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Workplace Health   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANSING AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; ENZYME; METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD HAY FEVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOUR; GENDER; HAIRDRESSER; HAY FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; PRINTING WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXTILE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 84875226313     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202151     Document Type: Article

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