Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in chicken catchers in poultry confinement units

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 195-204

  Morris, Peter D ^a,c   Lenhart, Steven W ^b   Service, William S ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b and Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^c North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

ammonia; chronic bronchitis; endotoxins; organic dust; pulmonary function tests; respiratory dysfunction; respiratory toxicants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; ORGANIC DUST; POULTRY; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POULTRY PRODUCTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026019675     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700190207     Document Type: Article

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