Respiratory symptoms and lung function in workers in heavy and highway construction: A cross-sectional study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-86

  Tepper, Allison ^a,b   Mueller, Charles ^a   Singal, Mitchell ^a   Sagar, Kiran ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Healthy worker effect; Heavy and highway construction; Laborers; Operating engineers; Tunnel workers

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034936157     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1073     Document Type: Article

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