Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether poultry production methods impact respiratory health, and whether poultry farmers have more respiratory symptoms and lower lung function than comparison control groups.

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Main Authors: Shelley P Kirychuk, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, James A Dosman, Victor Juorio, John JR Feddes, Philip Willson, Henry Classen, Stephen J Reynolds, Wilhelm Guenter, Thomas S Hurst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2003-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/109679
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spelling doaj-art-c8cfed5c98624bccb76d5f182c4f5e9a2025-02-03T05:51:09ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412003-01-0110737538010.1155/2003/109679Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western CanadaShelley P Kirychuk0Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan1James A Dosman2Victor Juorio3John JR Feddes4Philip Willson5Henry Classen6Stephen J Reynolds7Wilhelm Guenter8Thomas S Hurst9Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaInstitute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaInstitute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaVeterinary Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collin, Colorado, USADepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To determine whether poultry production methods impact respiratory health, and whether poultry farmers have more respiratory symptoms and lower lung function than comparison control groups.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/109679
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Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada
title_full Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada
title_fullStr Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada
title_full_unstemmed Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada
title_short Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Poultry Confinement Workers in Western Canada
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