Respiratory symptoms and bronchial responsiveness among cleaning and disinfecting workers in the food industry

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-81

  Massin, N ^a   Hecht, G ^a   Ambroise, D ^a   Hery M ^a   Toamain, J P ^a   Hubert, G ^a   Dorotte, M ^a   Bianchi, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; METHACHOLINE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLEANING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHLORIDES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

BOS; OVIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846992327     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.026203     Document Type: Article

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