Lung health among boilermakers in Edmonton, Alberta

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-386

  Hessel, Patrick A ^a   Melenka, Lyle S ^a   Michaelchuk, Dennis ^a   Herbert, F Alex ^a   Cowie, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Boilermakers; Construction workers; Epidemiology; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANADA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBERTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031658318     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199810)34:4<381::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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