Farm work, dust exposure and respiratory symptoms among farmers

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 827-836

  Faria, Neice Müller Xavier ^a,c   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^a   Fassa, Anaclaudia Gastal ^a   Tomasi, Elaine ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Católica de Pelotas ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollutants, occupational, adverse effects; Cross sectional studies; Dust; Occupational risks; Respiratory tract diseases; Rural workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247170952     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102006005000006     Document Type: Article

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