Smoke and dust get in your eyes: What does it mean in the workplace?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Jaakkola, Maritta S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DUST; EDITORIAL; FUME; GAS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 58349122881     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.104778     Document Type: Editorial

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