Effects of SO2 on respiratory system of adult miyakejima resident 2 years after returning to the Island

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-47

  Iwasawa, Satoko ^a   Kikuchi, Yuriko ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Nakano, Makiko ^a   Michikawa, Takehiro ^a   Tsuboi, Tazuru ^a   Tanaka, Shigeru ^b   Uemura, Takamoto ^a   Ishigami, Ai ^a   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^c   Takebayashi, Toru ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^d   Morikawa, Akihiro ^e   Maruyama, Kouichi ^f   Kudo, Shoji ^g   Uchiyama, Iwao ^h   Omae, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUMONJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals Association Patient Safety Management   (Japan)

^g NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Respiratory symptoms; Spirometry; Sulfur dioxide; Volcanic gases

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; TIME; VOLCANO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPIROMETRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 65549099331     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8075     Document Type: Article

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