Exposure to ammonia and acute respiratory effects in a urea fertilizer factory

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-159

  Rahman, Hamidur ^a   Bråtveit, Magne ^a,b   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Fertilizer factory; Lung function; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SHIFT WORKER; SNEEZING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34250810161     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.153     Document Type: Article

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