Longitudinal Decline in Lung Function Measurements among Saskatchewan Grain Workers

Punam Pahwa; Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan; Helen H McDuffie; James A Dosman

doi:10.1155/2003/914753

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2003)

Longitudinal Decline in Lung Function Measurements among Saskatchewan Grain Workers

Punam Pahwa,
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan,
Helen H McDuffie,
James A Dosman

Affiliations

Punam Pahwa: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Helen H McDuffie: Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environment Health, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchetwan, Canada
James A Dosman: Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environment Health, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchetwan, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/914753
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. 135 – 141

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between the long term effects of grain dust and decline in lung function among grain elevator workers in Saskatchewan, studied over a 15-year period.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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