Long-term risk of emphysema in patients with farmer's lung and matched control farmers

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 662-665

  Erkinjuntti Pekkanen, Riitta ^a   Rytkönen, Hannu ^b   Kokkarinen, Jouko I ^b   Tukiainen, Hannu O ^b   Partanen, Kaarina ^b   Terho, Erkki O ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FARMER LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031871491     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9710012     Document Type: Article

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