Occupational exposures and asthma in 14,000 adults from the general population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1108-1116

  Le Moual, Nicole ^a   Kennedy, Susan M ^b   Kauffmann, Franeine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational diseases; Occupational exposure; Occupations

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LATEX;

ASTHMA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 9344229810     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh316     Document Type: Article

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