Bronchopulmonary pathology in workers exposed to organic fodder dust

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Kuchuk, Alexander A ^a   Basanets, Angela V ^a,c   Louhelainen, Kyosti ^b  

^a Institute for Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Institute for Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Endotoxin; Fodder production; Hyperresponsiveness; Lung function; Occupational exposure; Organic dust; Organic dust toxic syndrome; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL FEED; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DUST; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TIME; UKRAINE;

EID: 0033947562     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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