The respiratory effects of occupational polypropylene flock exposure

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-117

  Atis, S ^a   Tutluoglu, B ^b   Levent, E ^c   Ozturk, C ^a   Tunaci, A ^b   Sahin, K ^c   Saral, A ^d   Oktay, I ^c   Kanik, A ^a   Nemery, B ^e  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Tekirdag Chest Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

^d YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Interstitial lung disease; Lung function; Occupational lung disease; Polypropylene flock; Respirable dust

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; POLYPROPYLENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLYPROPYLENES; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 13444256628     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00138403     Document Type: Article

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