Post-shift changes in pulmonary function in a cement factory in eastern Saudi Arabia

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 519-522

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

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bronchoconstriction; Cement; Lung function; Post shift; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING;

EID: 0032428632     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.8.519     Document Type: Article

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