Organic dust toxic syndrome in swine confinement farming

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 332-334

  Vogelzang, Peter F J ^a   Van Der Gulden, Joost W J ^b   Folgering, Hans ^b   Van Schayck, Constant P ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Occupational epidemiology; Occupational exposure; ODTS; Pig farmer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; ORGANIC DUST; ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SWINE;

EID: 0032996399     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199904)35:4<332::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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