Does the use of biofuels affect respiratory health among male Danish energy plant workers?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 467-473

  Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Madsen, Anne Mette ^b   Skov, Simon ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ENDOTOXIN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; COUGHING; DENMARK; DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SENSITIZATION; SPIROMETRY; STRAW; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFUELS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DENMARK; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 79958258922     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.054403     Document Type: Article

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