Occupational asthma symptoms and respiratory function among aerial pesticide applicators

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-417

  Jones, Stacie M ^a,b   Burks, A Wesley ^a   Spencer, Horace J ^a   Lensing, Shelly ^a   Roberson, Paula K ^a   Gandy, Jay ^a   Helm, Rick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Aviators; Lung function; Pesticides; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIRCRAFT; ARKANSAS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0037386603     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10201     Document Type: Article

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