Loss of lung function among sheet metal workers: Ten-year study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 460-466

  Glencross, P Mark ^a   Weinberg, Janice M ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^a,b   Christiani, David C ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Pulmonary function decline; Sheet metal workers; Shipyard work

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ENGLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SHIPS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030884142     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199711)32:5<460::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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