Respiratory function among waste incinerator workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-70

  Charbotel, Barbara ^a   Hours, Martine ^a   Perdrix, Alain ^b   Anzivino Viricel, Lucie ^a   Bergeret, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Exposure; Incinerator; Lung function; Spirometry; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 15044348207     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0557-7     Document Type: Article

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