Respiratory health impact of working in sawmills in eastern canada

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 424-430

  Cormier, Yvon ^a   Mérlaux, Anne ^a   Duchaine, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air contamination; Atopy; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Molds

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CANADA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0033653858     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009604041     Document Type: Article

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