Open AccessAsthma incidence in wood-processing industries in Finland in a register-based population study
Author(s) -
Pirjo Heikkilä,
Rami Martikainen,
Kari Kurppa,
Kirsti HusgafvelPursiainen,
Antti Karjalainen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1191
Subject(s) - medicine , relative risk , asthma , occupational asthma , incidence (geometry) , population , demography , confidence interval , blue collar , rate ratio , environmental health , physics , labour economics , sociology , optics , economics
This register-based population study determined incidence rates of clinically verified asthma among woodworkers, other blue-collar workers, and administrative personnel employed in wood-processing industries in Finland. Exposure to wood dust was under special scrutiny.