Development of a job-exposure matrix for airway-irritating agents and wet work and its application on two Swedish cohorts

P. Wiebert, M. Svartengren, M. Lindberg, T. Hemmingsson, I. Lundberg, G. Nise (Stockholm, Uppsala, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Occupational asthma - agents and management
Session: Occupational asthma - agents and management
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3802
Disease area: Airway diseases

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