Respiratory morbidity induced by occupational inhalation exposure to formaldehyde

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Neghab, Masoud ^a   Soltanzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Choobineh, Alireza ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Functional impairments of the lungs; Occupational exposure; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PAINT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951568211     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1197     Document Type: Article

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