Cross-sectional study on respiratory effect of toner exposure

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Terunuma, Niina ^a   Kurosaki, Shizuka ^a   Kitamura, Hiroko ^a   Hata, Koichi ^a   Ide, Reiko ^a   Kuga, Hiroaki ^a   Kakiuchi, Noriaki ^a   Masuda, Masashi ^a   Totsuzaki, Takafumi ^a   Osato, Atsushi ^a   Uchino, Bungo ^a   Kitahara, Kayo ^a   Iwasaki, Akio ^a   Yoshizumi, Koji ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^a   Kasai, Hiroshi ^a   Murase, Tadashi ^b   Higashi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Exposure; Respiratory; Symptom; Toner; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 70350056902     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327109105160     Document Type: Article

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