Clinically important FEV1 declines among coal miners: An exploration of previously unrecognised determinants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 837-844

  Wang, Mei Lin ^a   Petsonk, Edward L ^a   Beeckman, Lu Ann ^a   Wagner, Gregory R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Forced expiratory volume; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COAL WORKER; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS MASK; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN; COAL MINING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; COAL MINING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032585697     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.12.837     Document Type: Article

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