## Background: Occupational exposure of brewery workers to organic dusts such as hops, barley, and brewery yeast has the potential to change respiratory function and immunological status. ## Methods: Ninety-seven male workers employed in a brewery plant were studied. the mean age of the workers i
Immunological and respiratory changes in tobacco workers
โ Scribed by Eugenija Zuskin; Jadranka Mustajbegovic; E. Neil Schachter; Bozica Kanceljak; Jelena Macan; Josipa Kern; Lucija Buneta; Jasna Pucarin-Cvetkovic
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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