Respiratory health of cigar factory workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 834-839

  Uitti, Jukka ^a,b   Nordman, Henrik ^a   Huuskonen, Matti S ^a   Roto, Pekka ^a,b   Husman, Kaj ^a   Reiman, Marjut ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lung function; Occupational exposure; Tobacco dust

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031762105     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.12.834     Document Type: Article

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