Acute pulmonary function change associated with work on large dairies in California

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-79

  Eastman, Chelsea ^a,b   Schenker, Marc B ^a   Mitchell, Diane C ^a   Tancredi, Daniel J ^a   Bennett, Deborah H ^a   Mitloehner, Frank M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COLD AIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING; WORK; WORKING TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84873086225     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318270d6e4     Document Type: Article

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