Occupational exposures associated with severe exacerbation of asthma

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 244-250

  Henneberger, P K ^a   Liang, X ^a   Lillienberg, L ^b   Dahlman Hoglund A ^b   Toren K ^b   Andersson, E ^b  

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

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Job exposure matrix; Occupational epidemiology; Work exacerbated asthma

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALDEHYDE; AMINE; CHROMIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DYE; EPOXIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LATEX; TOBACCO SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937114593     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0132     Document Type: Article

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