Respiratory diseases related to cereal dust exposure in Tunisia;Pathologie respiratoire liee a la poussiere de cereales etude dans la region de Sousse (Tunisie)

Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de Medecine du Travail

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-106

  Tabka, F ^a,b   Mrizek, N ^a   Tabka, Z ^a   Choudat, D ^b   Conso, F ^b  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CEREAL; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GRAIN; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TUNISIA;

EID: 0033021042     PISSN: 12503274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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