Pulmonary function reductions among potentially susceptible subgroups of agricultural workers in Colorado and Nebraska

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 632-641

  Reynolds, Stephen J ^a   Clark, Maggie L ^a   Koehncke, Niels ^b   Von Essen, Susanna ^c   Prinz, Linda ^c   Keefe, Thomas J ^a   Mehaffy, John ^a   Bradford, Mary ^a   Cranmer, Brian ^a   Davidson, Margaret E ^a   Yang, Ivana V ^d   Burch, James B ^e,f  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY FATTY ACID; ENDOTOXIN; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOXIC INHALATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CATTLE; COLORADO; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; FATTY ACIDS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862109338     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31824d2e1c     Document Type: Review

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