Respiratory health of cigar factory workers
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Respiratory health of cigar factory workers.
OBJECTIVES To determine whether occupational exposure to raw tobacco causes respiratory or allergic diseases, an excess of respiratory symptoms, a decrease in lung function, or parenchymal changes in chest radiography among Finnish cigar workers. METHODS This cross sectional study included all Finnish cigar workers (n = 106) exposed to raw tobacco and also a group of unexposed matched referen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.12.834