Occupational asthma in New Zealanders: a population based study.

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Published in Occup Environ Med on May 01, 1997

Authors

D Fishwick1, N Pearce, W D'Souza, S Lewis, I Town, R Armstrong, M Kogevinas, J Crane

Author Affiliations

1: Wellington Asthma Research Group, Wellington School of Medicine, New Zealand.

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