A field investigation of the acute respiratory effects of metal working fluids. II. Effects of airborne sulfur exposures

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 767-776

  Sama, Susan R ^a   Kriebel, David ^a   Woskie, Susan ^a   Eisen, Ellen ^a   Wegman, David ^a   Virji, Mohammed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchoconstriction; epidemiology; metalworking; occupational exposure; oil mist; peak expiratory flow rate; spirometry; sulfur

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; SULFUR;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030999066     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199706)31:6<767::AID-AJIM14>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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