Relation between decline in FEV1 and exposure to dust and tobacco smoke in aluminium potroom workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-31

  Søyseth, Vidar ^a,b,c   Boe, Jacob ^b   Kongerud, Johny ^b  

^a Hydro Aluminium rdal   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Lillehammer Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

aluminium; autoregressive time series; occupational exposure; pulmonary function; tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; BREATHING DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAL CAPACITY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DUST; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030642035     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.1.27     Document Type: Article

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