The effect of occupational farming on lung function development in young adults: A 15-year follow-up study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 707-713

  Bolund, Anneli C S ^a   Miller, Martin R ^b   Basinas, Ioannis ^a   Elholm, Grethe ^a   Omland, Øyvind ^c   Sigsgaard, Torben ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; DUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENMARK; DUST; EDUCATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941804442     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102726     Document Type: Article

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