Respirator use and practices in agricultural crop production establishments

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 25-31

  Greskevitch, Mark ^a   Doney, Brent ^a   Groce, Dennis ^b   Syamlal, Girija ^a   Bang, Ki Moon ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b EG&G   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Respirators; Respiratory system disorders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GAS MASK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149280429     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240801887801     Document Type: Article

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