Respiratory findings in dental laboratory technicians in rasht (North of Iran)

Tanaffos

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Alavi, Ali ^a   Shakiba, Maryam ^a   Nejad, Azita Tangestani ^a   Massahnia, Sara ^a   Shiari, Ali ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dental technicians; Respiratory disorders; Respiratory function test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 79960830302     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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