Pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in a population of airport workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-123

  Tunnicliffe, W S ^a   O'Hickey, S P ^b   Fletcher, T J ^a   Miles, J F ^a   Burge, P S ^a   Ayres, J G ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airport workers; Aviation fuel; Jet stream exhaust; Occupational exposure; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL;

ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BREATHING DISORDER; COUGHING; EMPLOYEE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032914722     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.2.118     Document Type: Article

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