Airflow obstruction among street vendors who refill cigarette lighters with liquefied petroleum gas

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1126-1131

  Moitra, Subhabrata ^a   Blanc, P D ^b,c   Brashier, B B ^a  

^a Chest Research Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Liquefied petroleum gas; LPG; Lung function; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; GAS; PETROLEUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE LIGHTER REFILLER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL CIGARETTE LIGHTER REFILLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STREET VENDOR; WORKER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; GAS; INDIA; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84906691234     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0016     Document Type: Article

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