The use of a work-related asthma screening questionnaire in a primary care asthma program: An intervention trial

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 398-406

  Killorn, Katie R ^a,b   Dostaler, Suzanne M ^a,b   Groome, Patti A ^b   Lougheed, M Diane ^a,b  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detection; Occupational asthma; Prevention; Work aggravated asthma; Work exacerbated asthma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD AIR; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK RELATED ASTHMA; WORK RELATED ASTHMA SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE LONG VERSION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84931085254     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.971966     Document Type: Article

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