Questionnaire assessment of airway disease symptoms in equine barn personnel

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 220-225

  Mazan, Melissa R ^a   Svatek, Jessica ^a   Maranda, Louise ^a   Christiani, David ^b   Ghio, Andrew ^c   Nadeau, Jenifer ^d   Hoffman, Andrew M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway disease; Asthma; Barn; Horse; IAD; Organic dust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; ORGANIC DUST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUS SCROFA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749114323     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp003     Document Type: Article

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