Respiratory function in shoe manufacturing workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-55

  Zuskin, Eugenija ^a   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^a   Neil Schachter, E ^b   Doko Jelinic, Jagoda ^a   Bradic, Viktorija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Insurance Company Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

lung function; respiratory symptoms; shoe workers

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NOSE IRRITATION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SHOE INDUSTRY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SHOES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031014950     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199701)31:1<50::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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