A 4-Year Follow-up Cohort Study of the Respiratory Functions in Toner-handling Workers

• Main Authors: Nobuaki Yanagi (Author), Hiroko Kitamura (Author), Mitsuhito Mizuno (Author), Koichi Hata (Author), Tetsuro Uchiyama (Author), Hiroaki Kuga (Author), Tetsuhiro Matsushita (Author), Shizuka Kurosaki (Author), Masamichi Uehara (Author), Akira Ogami (Author), Toshiaki Higashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Focusing on the respiratory function for health effect indices, we conducted a cross-sectional study on workers who did and did not handle toner to compare the longitudinal changes. Methods: Among 116 individuals who worked for a Japanese business equipment manufacturer and participated...