Respiratory symptoms and lung function in alumina refinery employees

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-283

  Musk, A William ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Beach, Jeremy R ^b   Fritschi, Lin ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^b   Benke, Geza ^b   Abramson, Michael ^b   McNeil, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alumina; Aluminium; Bauxite; Caustic mist; Occupational epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; SPIROMETER; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; VITAL CAPACITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0034103765     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.4.279     Document Type: Article

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