Working in a petroleum refinery predicts lower lung function parameters

Dragan Mijakoski (Skopje, FYROM (Macedonia)), Dragan Mijakoski, Jovanka Karadzinska-Bislimovska, Sasho Stoleski, Jordan Minov

Source: International Congress 2016 – Occupational epidemiology
Session: Occupational epidemiology
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 1170
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Dragan Mijakoski (Skopje, FYROM (Macedonia)), Dragan Mijakoski, Jovanka Karadzinska-Bislimovska, Sasho Stoleski, Jordan Minov. Working in a petroleum refinery predicts lower lung function parameters. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 1170

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