Risk factors for COPD in never-smoking European farmers working inside animal confinement buildings

E. Riu, E. Monso, K. Radon, B. Danuser, M. Iversen, D. Nowak (Badalona, Spain; Munich, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland; Aarhus, Denmark)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Organic aerosols
Session: Organic aerosols
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 2206
Disease area: Airway diseases

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