Dust exposure and chronic respiratory symptoms among coffee curing workers in Kilimanjaro: a cross sectional study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sakwari, Gloria ^a,b   Bråtveit, Magne ^a   Mamuya, Simon H D ^b   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM; WHEEZING; WORKER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGED; COFFEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82055171764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-54     Document Type: Article

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