Measurements of respiratory illness among construction painters.
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Measurements of respiratory illness among construction painters.
The prevalence of different measurements of respiratory illness among construction painters was examined and the relation between respiratory illness and employment as a painter assessed in a cross sectional study of current male members of two local affiliates of a large international union of painters. Respiratory illness was measured by questionnaire and spirometry. Longer employment as a pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.45.8.523