Pesticides and other occupational exposures are associated with airway obstruction: The LifeLines cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 88-96

  De Jong, K ^a   Boezen, H M ^a   Kromhout, H ^b   Vermeulen, R ^b   Postma, D S ^a   Vonk, J M ^a   Alizadeh, B Z ^a   De Boer, R A ^a   Bruinenberg, M ^a   Franke, L ^a   Van Der Harst, P ^a   Hillege, H L ^a   Van Der Klauw, M M ^a   Navis, G ^a   Ormel, J ^a   Rosmalen, J G M ^a   Slaets, J P ^a   Snieder, H ^a   Stolk, R P ^a   Wolffenbuttel, B H R ^a   Wijmenga, C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUME; GAS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; VAPOR;

LUNG FUNCTIONS; OBSTRUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892816007     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101639     Document Type: Article

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