Risk factors for respiratory work disability in a cohort of pulp mill workers exposed to irritant gases

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Murgia, Nicola ^a,b   Torén, Kjell ^a   Kim, Jeong Lim ^a   Andersson, Eva ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WOOD;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOOD;

EID: 80052569288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-689     Document Type: Article

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