Farming and the prevalence of non-reversible airways obstruction - Results from a population-based study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-426

  Lamprecht, B ^a,c   Schirnhofer, L ^a   Kaiser, B ^a   Studnicka, M ^a   Buist, A S ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pneumology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural exposure; Airways obstruction; COPD; Farming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34249979287     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20470     Document Type: Article

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