Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 771-780

  Knoeller, Gretchen E ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Moorman, Jeanne E ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Occupational asthma; Occupational health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885906085     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0206-7     Document Type: Article

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