Prevalence and risk factors of respiratory symptoms in farmers;Prevalencia y factores de riesgo de síntomas respiratorios en la agricultura y la ganadería

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 114, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 685-689

  Magarolas, Ramon ^a   Monsó, Eduard ^b   Aguilar, Xavier ^c   Radon, Katja ^d   Nowak, Dennis ^d   Martínez, Carlos ^b   Morera, Josep ^b  

^a Hospital Mare de Deu de la Salut   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic phlegh; Dairy farming; Farming; Organic dust toxic syndrome; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FARMER'S LUNG; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0040442402     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71403-5     Document Type: Article

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