Work-related respiratory symptoms and lung function in New Zealand mussel openers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Glass, W I ^a   Power, P ^a   Burt, R ^a   Fishwick, D ^b   Bradshaw, L M ^b   Pearce, N E ^b  

^a Department of Labour ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mussel openers; Occupational asthma; Pulmonary function; Respiratory questionnaire; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSSEL; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING; WORKER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIVALVIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031832493     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199808)34:2<163::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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