Bronchial asthma in two chemical fertilizer producing factories in Eastern Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 330-335

  Ballal, S G ^a   Ali, B A ^a   Albar, A A ^a   Ahmed, H O ^a   Al Hasan, A Y ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Asthma; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AMMONIA; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0031981318     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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