Change in airway responsiveness over a workweek in organic waste loaders

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 649-652

  de Meer, Gea ^a,b   Heederik, Dick ^a   Wouters, Inge M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lung function; Methacholine challenge; Organic waste; Pre post workweek change

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC WASTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248163467     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0166-8     Document Type: Article

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