Respiratory effects of occupational exposures in a milk powder factory

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-814

  Sripaiboonkij, P ^a   Phanprasit, W ^b   Jaakkola, M S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lung function; Milk powder; Natural rubber latex; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN MIXTURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPIROMETRY; THAILAND; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; APNEA; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; APNEA; CATTLE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; THAILAND;

EID: 42949132220     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00106407     Document Type: Article

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