Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in never-smoking animal farmers working inside confinement buildings

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-362

  Monsó, Eduard ^a   Riu, Elena ^a   Radon, Katja ^b   Magarolas, Ramon ^c   Danuser, Brigitta ^d   Iversen, Martin ^e   Morera, Joseph ^a   Nowak, Dennis ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Inst/Poliklin Arbeits /Umweltmed   (Germany)

^c Hospital Mare de Deu de la Salut   (Spain)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air contaminants; Animal confinement building; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dust; Farming; Never smoker

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HOUSING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENMARK; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 4944240751     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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