Pulmonary dysfunction in silica-exposed workers: A relationship to radiographic signs of silicosis and emphysema

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-306

  Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity; Emphysema; Pulmonary function; Radiographic hyperinflation; Radiography; Silica dust; Silicosis; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SILICOSIS; SPIROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHINA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032787458     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199908)36:2<299::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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