Cross-shift changes in lung function among palestinian farmers during high- and low-exposure periods to pesticides: A longitudinal study

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 218-224

  Shama, Farid Abu ^a,b,c   Skogstad, Marit ^d   Nijem, Khaldoun ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^b,e   Kristensen, Petter ^b,d  

^a HEBRON UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Beit Jala Governmental Hospital Al Hussein)   (Palestine)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^e TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agricultural workers; longitudinal study; lung function test; Palestinian rural population; pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PALESTINIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; AGRICULTURE; ARAB; DRUG EFFECTS; ISRAEL; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARABS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942095661     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2013.859122     Document Type: Article

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