Incidence of asthma in female Swedish hairdressers
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Incidence of asthma in female Swedish hairdressers.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk of asthma in hairdressers. METHODS The incidence of asthma was retrospectively estimated in a Swedish nationwide study including all female hairdressers certified from vocational schools from 1970 to 1995, and a stratified sample of women from the general population were referents. A postal questionnaire included questions on respiratory tract symptoms, atopy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.2.119