Respiratory manifestations and respiratory diseases: Prevalence and risk factors among pig farmers in Braço do Morte, Brazil;Manifestações respiratórias e doenças de vias aéreas: Prevalência e fatores de risco em suinocultores de Braço do Morte, Santa Catarina

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-388

  Costa, Marcelo ^a   Teixeira, Paulo José Zimermann ^b,c   Freitas, Paulo Fontoura ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Occupational diseases epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Respiratory tract diseases; Swine

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; SWINE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COOKERY; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40649121537     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132007000400006     Document Type: Article

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