Eye and respiratory symptoms in poultry processing workers exposed to chlorine by-products

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-126

  King, Bradley S ^a   Page, Elena H ^a   Mueller, Charles A ^a   Dollberg, Donald D ^a   Gomez, Katherine E ^a   Warren, Angela M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chloramines; Chlorine; Eye irritation; Poultry processing; Respiratory irritation; Trichlommines

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EVISCERATION; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORIDES; CHLORINE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPIROMETRY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 32344448018     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20259     Document Type: Article

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