Spirometrie abnormalities among asbestos insulation workers

Journal of Occupational Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 228-233

  Lerman, Yehuda ^b   Seidman, Herbert ^c   Gelb, Steve ^c   Miller, Al ^a   Selikoff, Irving J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULATION WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASBESTOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0023900727     PISSN: 00961736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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