Respiratory health in asbestos-exposed ironworkers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-466

  Rocskay, Adrian Z ^a,b,c   Harbut, Michael R ^a   Green, Margaret A ^a   Osher, David L ^d   Zellers, Edward T ^b  

^a Ctr for Occup and Environ Med   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestosis; ironworkers; parenchymal abnormalities; pleural abnormalities; pulmonary function; welding exposures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA THICKENING; PREVALENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029928177     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199605)29:5<459::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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