Association between occupational exposure to disinfectants and asthma in young adults working in cleaning or health services – results from a cross-sectional analysis in Germany.

T. Weinmann (Munich, Germany), F. Forster (Munich, Germany), E. Von Mutius (Munich, Germany), C. Vogelberg (Dresden, Germany), J. Genuneit (Ulm, Germany), D. Windstetter (Munich, Germany), D. Nowak (Munich, Germany), K. Radon (Munich, Germany), J. Gerlich (Munich, Germany)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Airway and parenchymal diseases in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Session: Airway and parenchymal diseases in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 5248
Disease area: Airway diseases

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