Non-malignant respiratory diseases and occupational exposure to wood dust. Part II. Dry wood industry

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-44

  Jacobsen, Gitte ^a,b   Schaumburg, Inger ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; COPD; Denmark; Epidemiology; Lung function; Occupational asthma; Occupational rhinitis; Respiratory symptoms; Review; Wood dust; Wood industry

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; WOOD DUST;

DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WOOD;

THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 77955147931     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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