Relationship of serum elastin peptide level to single breath transfer factor for carbon monoxide in French coal miners

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1045-1050

  Frette, Catherine ^a   Jacob, Marie Paule ^a   Wei, Shao Ming ^b   Bertrand, Jean Pierre ^c   Laurent, Philippe ^d   Kauffmann, Francine ^a   Pham, Quang Thieu ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Lorraine Basin Coal Mines Med Serv   (France)

^d Pau Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide lung transfer factor (TLCO); Carbon monoxide transfer coefficient (KCO); Elastin peptide; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; ELASTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030722435     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.12.1045     Document Type: Article

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