Occupation held at the time of asthma symptom development

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1165-1173

  Knoeller, Gretchen E ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Storey, Eileen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asthma; Healthy worker effect; Occupational group

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL GROUP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ASTHMA; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; OCCUPATIONAL GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883404550     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22203     Document Type: Article

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