Gender and respiratory findings in workers occupationally exposed to organic aerosols: A meta analysis of 12 cross-sectional studies

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Schachter, E Neil ^a   Zuskin, Eugenija ^b   Moshier, Erin L ^a   Godbold, James ^a   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^b   Pucarin Cvetkovic, Jasna ^b   Chiarelli, Angelo ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149103895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-1     Document Type: Review

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