Morbidity among municipal waste incinerator workers: A cross-sectional study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 467-472

  Hours, Martine ^a   Anzivino Viricel, Lucie ^a   Maitre, Anne ^b   Perdrix, Alain ^b   Perrodin, Yves ^c   Charbotel, Barbara ^a   Bergeret, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Cross sectional morbidity study; Municipal waste incinerator; Respiratory function; Skin symptoms

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EFFLUENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SKIN IRRITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCINERATION; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SICK LEAVE; SKIN DISEASES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042130553     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0430-0     Document Type: Article

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