Pulmonary effects of inhaled dust and fumes: Exposure-response study in rubber workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-23

  Meijer, E ^a,b   Heederik, D ^b   Kromhout, H ^b  

^a Occupational Physician ^*  (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Dust; Fumes; Lung function; Respiratory symptoms; Rubber industry; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUBBER; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031986225     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199801)33:1<16::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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