Byssinosis and COPD rates among factory workers manufacturing hemp and jute

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-68

  Er, Mukremin ^a   Emri, Salih A ^b   Demir, Ahmet U ^b   Thorne, Peter S ^c   Karakoca, Yalcin ^d   Bilir, Nazmi ^b   Baris, Izzettin Y ^b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Byssinosis; COPD; Endotoxin; Hemp; Jute; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DUST;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRONCHITIS; BYSSINOSIS; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; BRONCHITIS; BYSSINOSIS; CANNABIS; CORCHORUS; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84951946422     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: 1896494X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00512     Document Type: Article

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