Respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation in asphalt workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-369

  Randem, B G ^a   Ulvestad, B ^b   Burstyn, I ^c   Kongerud, J ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING; ADULT; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 1842587927     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006114     Document Type: Article

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