Effects of grain dust on lungs prior to and following dust remediation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1394-1400

  Pahwa, Punam ^a,b   Dosman, James A ^b   McDuffie, Helen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST CONTROL; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WORKER; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; CEREALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 65849411843     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181884be0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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