Five annual observations of respiratory findings in gun factory workers exposed to solvents

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 909-912

  Saygun, Meral ^a   Cakmak, Aytul ^a   Ekici, Aydanur ^a   Pinar, Tevfik ^a   Bulcun, Emel ^a   Ulu, Nuriye ^a   Ekici, Mehmet ^a,b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FIREARMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 34547869870     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318124a8f3     Document Type: Article

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