Comparison of spirometric reference values for Caucasian and African American blue-collar workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-143

  Hankinson, John L ^a   Kinsley, Kathleen B ^a   Wagner, Gregory R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029961679     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199602000-00011     Document Type: Article

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