Persistent respiratory symptoms in clean-up workers of the Prestige oil spill: a five-year follow-up study in fishermen

J. P. Zock, G. Rodríguez-Trigo, E. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, F. Pozo-Rodríguez, F. P. Gómez, C. Fuster, G. Castaño-Vinyals, J. M. Antó, J. A. Barberà (Barcelona, Madrid, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Environmental factors, susceptibility, asthma and COPD
Session: Environmental factors, susceptibility, asthma and COPD
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 4419
Disease area: Airway diseases

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