Employed adults with asthma who have frequent workplace exposures

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-51

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

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

Author keywords

Asthma; Dust; Fumes; Gas; NHIS; Occupational exposure; Secondhand smoke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUME; GAS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INCOME; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920837698     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.944984     Document Type: Article

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