Respiratory disease in United States farmers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 484-491

  Hoppin, Jane A ^a,b   Umbach, David M ^a   Long, Stuart ^c   Rinsky, Jessica L ^d   Henneberger, Paul K ^e   Salo, Paivi M ^a   Zeldin, Darryl C ^a   London, Stephanie J ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^f   Blair, Aaron ^f   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^f   Sandler, Dale P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPOUSE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902243428     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101983     Document Type: Article

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