Ethnic differences in the prevalence of nonmalignant respiratory disease among uranium miners

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 833-838

  Mapel, Douglas W ^a   Coultas, David B ^a   James, David S ^a   Hunt, William C ^a   Stidley, Christine A ^a   Gilliland, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COPPER; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URANIUM MINE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0030925384     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.833     Document Type: Article

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