Poultry processing work and respiratory health of latino men and women in North Carolina

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-183

  Mirabelli, Maria C ^a   Chatterjee, Arjun B ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Mora, Dana C ^a   Blocker, Jill N ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Marín, Antonio J ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POULTRY FARMING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SANITATION; WHEEZING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862790377     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31823d86f2     Document Type: Article

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