Grain dust and lung health: Not just a nuisance dust

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 423-425

  Becklake, Margaret R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAIN DUST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 36749073498     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/931094     Document Type: Article

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