Work tasks and occupations as risk factors for asthma in a sample of urban healthcare workers

P. Henneberger (Morgantown, United States of America), M. Caridi (Morgantown, United States of America), M. Humann (Morgantown, United States of America), X. Liang (Morgantown, United States of America), F. Su (Morgantown, United States of America), A. Stefaniak (Morgantown, United States of America), R. Lebouf (Morgantown, United States of America), M. Stanton (Morgantown, United States of America), A. Virji (Morgantown, United States of America)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Occupational and environmental lung diseases: from early influences and novel exposures to preventative approaches
Disease area: Airway diseases

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