Lung health among plumbers and pipefitters in Edmonton, Alberta

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 678-683

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

^a 13 103 Clinical Sciences Building ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Construction workers; Epidemiology; Lung function; Pipefitters; Plumbers; Welders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WELDING FUME; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031702807     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.10.678     Document Type: Article

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