Respiratory Effects of Chronic Animal Feed Dust Exposure

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 324-330

  Baser, Sevin ^a   Fisekci, Fatma Evyapan ^a   Ozkurt, Sibel ^a   Zencir, Mehmet ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal feed dust; Organic dust; Pulmonary function tests; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SHIFT WORKER; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DUST; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142121607     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.324     Document Type: Article

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