Working in swine-confinement buildings causes an accelerated decline in FEV1: A 7-yr follow-up of Danish farmers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 404-408

  Iversen, M ^a   Dahl, R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Bronchial reactivity; Dust; Farming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SWINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033806318     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.016003404.x     Document Type: Article

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