Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory performance in workers exposed to grain and grain based food dusts

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 227-230

  Deacon, S P ^a   Paddle, G M ^a  

^a Kellogg Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flour; Food ingredients; Grain; Health surveillance; Respiratory symptoms; Ventilatory performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; COUGHING; DUST; DYSPNEA; FLOUR; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRAIN; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SMOKING HABIT; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREALS; DUST; ENGLAND; FLOUR; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031834995     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.4.227     Document Type: Article

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