Diesel exhaust, solvents, and other occupational exposures as risk factors for wheeze among farmers

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1308-1313

  Hoppin, Jane A ^a   Umbach, David M ^b   London, Stephanie J ^b   Alavanja, Michael C R ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diesel exhaust; Occupational cohort; Respiratory symptoms; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 3442895057     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200309-1228OC     Document Type: Article

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