Pilot study on acute voice and throat symptoms related to exposure to organic dust: Preliminary findings from a provocation test

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Geneid, Ahmed ^a   Röonkkö, Marjo ^a   Airaksinen, Liisa ^b   Voutilainen, Risto ^b   Toskala, Elina ^b   Alku, Paavo ^c   Vilkman, Erkki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Organic dust; Perceptual assessment; Voice; Voice symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; ORGANIC DUST; PHONATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RHINITIS; THROAT DISEASE; VOICE CHANGE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DUST; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GUM ARABIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHARYNX; PILOT PROJECTS; RHINITIS; SECALE CEREALE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 68449088781     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430902845711     Document Type: Article

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