Respiratory function in vineyard and orchard workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 250-255

  Zuskin, Eugenija ^a   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^a   Schachter, E Neil ^b   Kern, Josipa ^a   Pavicic, Dila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

Author keywords

lung function; PFTs; respiratory symptoms; vineyard and orchard workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROATIA; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKING;

EID: 0031055445     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199702)31:2<250::AID-AJIM15>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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