Occupational and environmental risk factors for chronic rhinosinusitis: A systematic review

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 996-1003

  Sundaresan, Agnes S ^a   Hirsch, Annemarie G ^a   Storm, Margaret ^b   Tan, Bruce K ^c   Kennedy, Thomas L ^a   Greene, J Scott ^a   Kern, Robert C ^c   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,d,e  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Epidemiology; Farming; Occupational health; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954363789     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21573     Document Type: Review

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