Cohort study on respiratory and neurological disorders among workers in a bone glue factory in Egypt

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Al Batanony, M A ^a   Abdel Rasoul, G M ^a   Abu Salem, M A ^a   Al Ahmar, I A ^a   Al Badry, A S ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Electromyography; Hippuric acid; Nervous system diseases

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; BONE GLUE; HIPPURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EGYPT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; THORAX PAIN; URINALYSIS; WHEEZING; WORKING TIME;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; ASTHMA; BONE AND BONES; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DYSPNEA; EGYPT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; ISOCYANATES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RHINITIS; TOLUENE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858437058     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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