Lung function disturbances and chest X-ray abnormalities among marine engineers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 590-594

  Svendsen, Kristin ^a   Hilt, Bjørn ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ILO classification; Lung function disturbances; Marine engineers

Indexed keywords

MINERAL OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLEURA DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGINEERING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL OIL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAVAL MEDICINE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0032909980     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199906)35:6<590::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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