Respiratory, allergy and eye problems in bagasse-exposed sugar cane workers in Costa Rica

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Gascon, Mireia ^a,b   Kromhout, Hans ^b   Heederik, Dick ^b   Eduard, Wijnand ^c   Van Wendel De Joode, Berna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; EYE DISEASE; HARVESTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SEASON; SUGARCANE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CELLULOSE; COSTA RICA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84859847449     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100029     Document Type: Article

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