Respiratory health of two cohorts of terminal grain elevator workers studied 30 years apart

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Dimich Ward, Helen ^a   Beking, Kris J ^a   Dybuncio, Anne ^a   Bartlett, Karen H ^a   Karlen, Barbara J ^a   Chow, Yat ^a   Chan Yeung, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain dust; Occupation; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CANADA; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CEREALS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952717241     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20891     Document Type: Article

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