Swimming facilities and work-related asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-58

  Rosenman, Kenneth D ^a   Millerick May, Melissa ^a   Reilly, Mary Jo ^a   Flattery, Jennifer ^b   Weinberg, Justine ^b   Harrison, Robert ^b   Lumia, Margaret ^c   Stephens, Alicia C ^c   Borjan, Marija ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Choramines; Environmental trigger; Epidemiology; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; WATER; AIR POLLUTANT; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY SPA; SMOKING; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; SWIMMING POOL; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER PARK; WHEEZING; WORK; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHLORAMINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWIMMING POOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920829996     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.950428     Document Type: Article

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