Are welders more at risk of respiratory infections?

Thorax

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 581-582

  Coggon, David ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL INVASION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WELDING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WELDING;

EID: 84964842119     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208464     Document Type: Editorial

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