Occupational exposure and new-onset asthma in a population-based study in northern Europe (RHINE)

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 482-492

  Lillienberg, Linnéa ^a   Andersson, Eva ^a   Janson, Christer ^b   Dahlman Höglund, Anna ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^c   Holm, Mathias ^a   Gĺslason, Thorarinn ^d   Jögi, Rain ^e   Omenaas, Ernst ^f   Schlünssen, Vivi ^g   Sigsgaard, Torben ^g   Svanes, Cecilie ^f   Torén, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopics and non atopics; high molecular weight agent; high risk occupations; irritating agents; job exposure matrix; low molecualr weight agent; occupational asthma; population attributable risk

Indexed keywords

ATOPICS AND NON-ATOPICS; ATTRIBUTABLE RISKS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH-RISK OCCUPATIONS; JOB-EXPOSURE MATRIXES; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA;

ALUMINUM METALLURGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTS;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DETERGENT; EPOXIDE; IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACRYLATES; ADULT; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; DETERGENTS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876350803     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes083     Document Type: Review

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