Work-related symptoms and inflammation among sewage plant operatives

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Thorn, Jörgen ^a   Beijer, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Enterovirus; Inflammation; Sewage operatives; Work related symptoms

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; WORKPLACE; ADENOVIRUS; AIR POLLUTANT; ENTEROVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEWAGE; SWEDEN;

EID: 3943073165     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.1.84     Document Type: Article

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