## Background: Information on exposure to organic dust and work-related symptoms in farmers is sparse. ## Methods: An exposure study was nested in a survey of 8,482 farmers and spouses. task-related respiratory and eye symptoms were recorded by questionnaire. personal exposure to total dust, fung
Cancer in the respiratory organs of Swedish farmers
β Scribed by Kerstin Wiklund; Gunnar Steineck
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 405 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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