Respiratory Morbidity among Indian Tea Industry Workers
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respiratory morbidity among indian tea industry workers
background: indian tea industry workers are exposed to various exposures at their workplace. objective: to investigate the respiratory health of indian tea industry workers. methods: we administered a respiratory questionnaire to and measured lung function in workers of 34 tea gardens and 46 tea factories. we used correlation matrices to test the association between their respiratory symptoms a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2008-6520,2008-6814
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2016.761