Lung function and symptoms among cotton workers and dropouts three years after the start of work

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-300

  Zhong, Yuna ^a   Li, Dehong ^a   Ma, Qinyan ^a   Rylander, Ragnar ^a  

^a Box 414 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airways inflammation; Atopy; Cotton dust

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036797298     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2002.8.4.297     Document Type: Article

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