Exposure to bioaerosols,,respiratory health and lung-specific proteins: A prospective study in garbage and wastewater workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 856-859

  Tschopp, Alois ^a   Bernard, Alfred ^b   Thommen, Annette M ^c   Jeggli, Stefan ^c   Dumont, Xavier ^b   Oppliger, Anne ^d   Hotz, Philipp ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARA CELL PROTEIN; CLARA CELL PROTEIN 16; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOAEROSOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; WASTE; WASTE WATER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPIROMETRY; UTEROGLOBIN; VITAL CAPACITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 80053907752     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.060178     Document Type: Article

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