Effect of age and occupational exposure to airway irritants on lung function in non-smoking individuals with α1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ)

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-248

  Piitulainen, Eeva ^a   Tornling, Göran ^b   Eriksson, Sten ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

airway irritants; lung function; occupational exposure; 1 antitrypsin deficiency

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030963534     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.3.244     Document Type: Article

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