Risk factors for nonwork-related adult-onset asthma and occupational asthma: A comparative review

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 84-94

  Jeebhay, Mohamed F ^a   Ngajilo, Dorothy ^a   Le Moual, Nicole ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

adult onset; asthma; nonwork related; occupational; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT ONSET ASTHMA; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896731720     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000042     Document Type: Review

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