The integration of epidemiology and fundamental biology in occupational lung disease

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Weill, Hans ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0029967530     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.3_Supplement.2S     Document Type: Article

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