Effect of occupational exposure to local powdered tobacco (snuff) on pulmonary function in south eastern Nigerians

Nigerian Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Maduka, S O ^a   Osim, E E ^b   Nneli, R O ^c   Anyabolu, A E ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Lung function; Occupation; Snuff; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TIME; VITAL CAPACITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952935881     PISSN: 0794859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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