Respiratory and ocular symptoms in workers exposed to potassium aluminium-tetrafluoride soldering flux

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 627-633

  Larsson, Britt ^a   Karlsson, Jan Eric ^b   Nielsen, Jörn ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exposure; Increased; KAlF4; Ocular; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; POTASSIUM FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKING; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34248182982     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0175-2     Document Type: Article

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