Respiratory symptoms and lung function in poultry confinement workers in Western Canada

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 375-380

  Kirychuk, Shelley P ^a   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^b   Dosman, James A ^a   Juorio, Victor ^a   Feddes, John J R ^b   Willson, Philip ^c   Classen, Henry ^a   Reynolds, Stephen J ^a   Guenter, Wilhelm ^d   Hurst, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain farmers; Lung function; Nonfarmers; Poultry workers; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; POULTRY FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAL CAPACITY; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 10744228618     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/109679     Document Type: Article

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