A cross sectional study of the respiratory health of workers handling printing toner dust

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-249

  Nakadate, T ^a   Yamano, Y ^a   Adachi, C ^a   Kikuchi, Y ^b   Nishiwaki, Y ^b   Nohara, M ^c   Satoh, T ^d   Omae, K ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; HUMAN; INHALATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRINTING; PRINTING TONER DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRINTING; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33645695113     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020644     Document Type: Article

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