Increased incidence of respiratory symptoms among female woodworkers exposed to dry wood

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1268-1276

  Jacobsen, G ^a   Schlunssen V ^a   Schaumburg, I ^b   Sigsgaard, T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Incidence; Occupation; Respiratory symptoms; Sex; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARPENTER; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WOMEN; WOOD;

EID: 69249159491     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00048208     Document Type: Article

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