Dose responses of years of exposure on lung functions in flour mill workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Meo, Sultan A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Flour dust; Occupational hazards; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOUR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SPIROMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DUST; FLOUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042594974     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.187     Document Type: Article

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