A comparison of work-exacerbated asthma cases from clinical and epidemiological settings

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-164

  Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Lemière, Catherine ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma exacerbation; Case criteria; Work related Asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WORK EXACERBATED ASTHMA;

EID: 84882401619     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/495767     Document Type: Article

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