Lung health in workers exposed to reed dust

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-428

  Çöplü, Lütfi ^a   Demir, Ahmet Uǧur ^a   Kalyoncu, A Fuat ^a   Çöplü, Nilay ^b   Selçuk, Z Toros ^a   Enünlü, Tayfun ^a   Karakoca, Yalçin ^a   Sa̧in, A Altay ^a   Bariş, Y Izzettin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ODTS; Organic dust; Reed dust; Respiratory symptom

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCULAR PRURITUS; OFFICE WORKER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; CELLULOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14844327758     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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