Ventilatory function in brass workers of Gadaladeniya, Sri Lanka

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 411-416

  Jayawardana, P L ^a   De Alwis, W R ^b   Fernando, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Division of Occupational Hygiene   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Brass workers; Occupational health hazards; Ventilatory capacity

Indexed keywords

ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOYS; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SMOKING; ZINC;

EID: 0030668148     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/47.7.411     Document Type: Article

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