Respiratory Status of Darkroom Technicians Working in Various Radiology Departments in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Keywords:
respiratory status, darkroom disease, spirometry test, respiratory disease symptoms.Abstract
X-ray film processing chemicals have side effects such as respiratory problems and the people handling such chemicals as part of their work may be affected. This study had the following aims: to assess the respiratory status; to measure the prevalence of respiratory symptoms amongst darkroom technicians; to establish whether their respiratory symptoms were work related or not and investigate the relationship between respiratory symptoms and
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