High prevalence of respiratory symptoms and obstructive airways diseases among employees of the 'sanitation department' in an Indian city

M. Barne, R. Gaikwad, K. Apte, S. Shinde, J. Londhe, P. Choudhary, Y. Thorat, S. Madas, A. Rao, S. Salvi (Pune, India)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational respiratory diseases
Session: Occupational respiratory diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4148
Disease area: Airway diseases

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