Milk Powder Production: Is A New Occupational Disease Emerging?
Occupational exposure to milk powder inhalation increases the risk of respiratory complaints, including wheezing, breathlessness and nasal symptoms, and reduces lung function. So reveals an original study undertaken in a Thai baby milk factory by a British team, due to be published in the forthcoming issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the peer-reviewed publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).
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