The prevalence of pulmonary and upper respiratory tract symptoms and spirometric test findings among newspaper pressroom workers exposed solvents

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 960-969

  Lee, Burton W ^a   Kelsey, Karl T ^b,c   Hashimoto, Dean ^b   Yakes, Barbara ^b   Seitz, Teresa ^d   Christiani, David C ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PUBLISHING; SPIROMETRY; WORKROOM AIR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030765785     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199710000-00008     Document Type: Article

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