Respiratory and skin health among glass microfiber production workers: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sripaiboonkij, Penpatra ^a   Sripaiboonkij, Nintita ^b   Phanprasit, Wantanee ^c   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLASS; MINERAL OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THAILAND; WHEEZING; AIR POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLASS; HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 70349086123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-36     Document Type: Article

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