Asthma-related work disability in Sweden. The impact of workplace exposures.

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Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on December 01, 1999

Authors

P D Blanc1, S Ellbjär, C Janson, D Norbäck, E Norrman, P Plaschke, K Torén

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

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