Short-term effects of wood smoke exposure on the respiratory system among charcoal production workers

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1260-1265

  Tzanakis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Kallergis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Bouros, Demosthenes E ^a,b   Samiou, Maria F ^a,b   Siafakas, Nikolaos M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Rethymnon   (Greece)

Author keywords

Charcoal production; Occupational exposure; Wood smoke

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; SPUTUM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0034913361     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.4.1260     Document Type: Article

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