Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function among Chinese rice-granary workers

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-159

  Ye, Ting Ting ^a   Huang, Jiang Xiong ^a   Shen, Yi E ^a   Lu, Pei Lian ^a   Christiani, David C ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Airway obstruction; China; Occupational health; Organic dust

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032106236     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1998.4.3.155     Document Type: Article

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