Long term respiratory health effects of the herbicide, paraquat, among workers in the Western Cape

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 391-396

  Dalvie, Mohamed A ^b   White, Neil ^c   Raine, Ricky ^c   Myers, Jonathan E ^c   London, Leslie ^c   Thompson, M ^c   Christiani, D C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen desaturation; Exercise test; Occupation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PARAQUAT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0032912911     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.6.391     Document Type: Article

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