Acute Respiratory Effects and Endotoxin Exposure During Wheat Harvest in Northeastern Colorado

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 685-697

  Viet, Susan Marie ^a   Buchan, Roy ^b   Stallones, Lorann ^b  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural Health And Safety; Endotoxin; Grain Dust; Pulmonary Function; Respiratory Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; GRAIN; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COLORADO; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKING; TRITICUM;

EID: 0034982689     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220118563     Document Type: Article

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