Paraquat application and respiratory health effects among South Korean farmers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 398-403

  Cha, Eun Shil ^a   Lee, Yun Keun ^b   Moon, Eun Kyeong ^a   Kim, Yong Bae ^c   Lee, Yong Jin ^c   Jeong, Woo Chul ^d   Cho, Eun Young ^d   Lee, Ik Jin ^a,d   Hur, Jongil ^d   Ha, Mina ^e   Lee, Won Jin ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Green Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d Environmental Health Center   (South Korea)

^e Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAQUAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL SPILL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH KOREA; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAQUAT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84862824216     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100244     Document Type: Article

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