Respiratory symptoms and cotton dust exposure; results of a 15 year follow up observation

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 935-941

  Wang, X R ^a   Eisen, E A ^a,c   Zhang, H X ^b   Sun, B X ^b   Dai, H L ^b   Pan, L D ^b   Wegman, D H ^a,c   Olenchock, S A ^d   Christiani, D C ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b First Hospital of the Shanghai Textile Bureau   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BYSSINOSIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SILK; SMOKING HABIT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; BYSSINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COTTON FIBER; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SILK; SMOKING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0345166015     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.12.935     Document Type: Article

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