Screening for occupational asthma by using a self-administered questionnaire in a clinical setting

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-531

  Pralong, Jacques A ^a,c   Moullec, Gregory ^a   Suarthana, Eva ^a   Gérin, Michel ^b   Gautrin, Denyse ^a   L'Archevêque, Jocelyne ^a   Labrecque, Manon ^a  

^a Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE 11; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHINITIS; SCREENING; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879149377     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182851790     Document Type: Article

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