Decreased ventilatory function in hard metal workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 194-199

  Kusaka, Y ^a   Iki, M ^a   Kumagai, S ^b   Goto, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefectural Health Centre for Workers   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Hard metal; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0029897816     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.3.194     Document Type: Article

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