Epidemiology of occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Reports from the SWORD scheme in the UK from 1996 to 2015

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 528-530

  Barber, C M ^a   Wiggans, R E ^a   Carder, M ^b   Agius, R ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FARMER LUNG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY CLINIC; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMAL; BIRD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84994632770     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103838     Document Type: Article

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