A Comparison of Work-Exacerbated Asthma Cases from Clinical and Epidemiological Settings

BACKGROUND: Clinical and epidemiological studies commonly use different case definitions in different settings when investigating work-exacerbated asthma (WEA). These differences are likely to impact characteristics of the resulting WEA cases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paul K Henneberger, Xiaoming Liang, Catherine Lemière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/495767