Cross-shift and longitudinal changes in FEV1 among wood dust exposed workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-28

  Jacobsen, Gitte Højbjerg ^a,b   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a   Schaumburg, Inger ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871803182     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100648     Document Type: Article

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