Lung function among non-smoking wheat flour mill workers

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Meo, Sultan A ^a   Al Drees, Abdul Majeed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Flour dust; Occupational hazards; Pulmonary function test; Respiratory ailment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SPIROMETER; WHEAT;

EID: 27744607030     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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