Respiratory symptoms and lung function in wool textile workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 845-857

  Zuskin, Eugenija ^a   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^a   Schachter, E N ^b   Kanceljak, Bozica ^c   Godnic‐Cvar, Jasminka ^c   Sitar‐Srebocan, Vesna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

lung function; respiratory symptoms; wool textile workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; DUST; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEXTILE WORKER; WOOL;

ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROATIA; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WOOL;

EID: 0029035050     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700270608     Document Type: Article

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