Does occupational exposure to brown coal dust cause a decline in lung function?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 642-645

  Finocchiaro, Catherine ^a   Lark, Andrew ^a   Keating, Michael ^b   Ugoni, Antony ^c   Abramson, Michael ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal dust

Indexed keywords

COAL; LIGNITE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; UNIVERSITY;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0030819614     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.9.642     Document Type: Article

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