Immunological and Respiratory Changes in Tobacco Workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-83

  Zuskin, Eugenija ^a   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^a   Schachter, E Neil ^b,e   Kanceljak, Bozica ^c   Macan, Jelena ^c   Kern, Josipa ^a   Buneta, Lucija ^d   Pucarin Cvetkovic, Jasna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^d University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunological status; Respiratory function; Tobacco workers

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 0347320864     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10321     Document Type: Article

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