Incidence of chronic bronchitis in a cohort of pulp mill workers with repeated gassings to sulphur dioxide and other irritant gases

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Andersson, Eva ^a   Murgia, Nicola ^a,b   Nilsson, Tohr ^c,d   Karlsson, Berndt ^d   Torén, Kjell ^a,b,e  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(MeSH); Bronchitis; Chronic; Irritants; Paper; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING HABIT; AIR POLLUTANT; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GAS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SWEDEN; TOXICITY;

SWEDEN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84891803500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-113     Document Type: Article

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