Respiratory symptoms and lung-function changes with exposure to five substances in aluminium smelters

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Fritschi, Lin ^a,b   Sim, Malcolm R ^b   Forbes, Andrew ^b   Abramson, Michael J ^b   Benke, Geza ^b   Musk, A William ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminium industry; Epidemiology; Fluoride; Occupation; Respiratory symptoms; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZENE; COAL TAR; FLUORIDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; OIL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHALATION; JOB ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SMELTER; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING;

EID: 0038039205     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0398-1     Document Type: Article

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