Epidemiologic investigation of respiratory morbidity at a nylon flock plant

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 628-638

  Washko, Rita M ^a   Day, Brian ^a   Parker, John E ^a   Castellan, Robert M ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flock; Interstitial lung disease; Nylon; Occupational lung disease; Pneumonitis; Textiles

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; TEXTILE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYESTERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0033759036     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200012)38:6<628::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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