Airflow limitation and changes in pulmonary function among bleachery workes

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Mehta, A J ^a   Henneberger, P K ^a   Toren K ^b   Olin, A C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway disease; Ozone exposure; Pulmonary function; Pulp mill workers

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDES; OZONE; PAPER; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 21744439673     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00083604     Document Type: Article

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