Prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in dairy farmers in the French province of the doubs

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 5 PART I, 1998, Pages 1493-1498

  Dalphin, Jean Charles ^a   Dubiez, André ^b   Monnet, Elisabeth ^b   Cora, Daniel ^b   Westeel, Virginie ^b   Pernet, Didier ^b   Polio, Jean Charles ^b   Gibey, Roger ^b   Laplante, Jean Jacques ^b   Depierre, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALBUTEROL; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031730795     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.5.9709108     Document Type: Article

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