Pesticides and respiratory health: Where do we go from here?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 80-81

  Hoppin, Jane A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84892820361     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101876     Document Type: Note

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