Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function among wood dust-exposed joss stick workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 154-160

  Liou, Saou Hsing ^a   Yang, June Lung ^a   Cheng, Shih Yen ^b   Lai, Fu Ming ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Executive Yuan   (China)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Joss stick; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary function; Respiratory symptoms; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WOOD;

EID: 0029988629     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050043     Document Type: Article

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