Peak expiratory flow rate in flour mill workers

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-526

  Zodpey, Sanjay P ^a,c   Tiwari, Rajnarayan R ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Flour mill workers; Grain dust exposure; PEFR; Respiratory morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FLOUR; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031766089     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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