Twelve-year longitudinal study of respiratory status in dairy farmers

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Gainet, M ^a   Thaon, I ^a   Westeel, V ^a   Chaudemanche, H ^a   Venier, A G ^a   Dubiez, A ^a   Laplante, J J ^b   Dalphin, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b Mutulité Sociale of Besançon   (France)

Author keywords

Farming; Longitudinal studies; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; ORGANIC DUST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34447566983     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00150405     Document Type: Article

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