Exposure assessment and lung function in pig and poultry farmers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 405-410

  Radon, K ^a   Weber, C ^b   Iversen, M ^c   Danuser, B ^b   Pedersen, S ^d   Nowak, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Research Centre Bygholm   (Denmark)

Author keywords

European multicentre study; Micro organism; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035006543     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.6.405     Document Type: Article

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