Occupational exposure to poultry dust and effects on the respiratory system in workers

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 76, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 230-239

  Viegas, S ^a,b   Faisca V M ^a   Dias, H ^a   Clerigo A ^a   Carolino, E ^a   Viegas, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DUST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST TOXIC SYNDROME; PARTICULATE MATTER; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84876102927     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.757199     Document Type: Article

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