Byssinosis among jute mill workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Chattopadhyay, Bhaskar P ^a   Saiyed, Habibullah N ^b   Mukherjee, Ashit K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute changes; Byssinosis; Chronic Changes; Endotoxins; Jute mill; Post shift; Pulmonary Function Test

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BYSSINOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JUTE; JUTE MILL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANNABIS SATIVA; CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0043172433     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.265     Document Type: Article

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