Assessing work-asthma interaction with Amazon Mechanical Turk

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 381-385

  Harber, Philip ^a   Leroy, Gondy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROWDSOURCING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESENTEEISM; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; CROWDSOURCING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESENTEEISM; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953344141     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000360     Document Type: Article

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