Two year follow up of pulmonary function values among welders in New Zealand

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-333

  Erkinjuntti Pekkanen, Riitta ^a,b   Slater, Tania ^a   Cheng, Soo ^a   Fishwick, David ^a,c   Bradshaw, Lisa ^a   Kimbell Dunn, Mona ^a   Dronfield, Liz ^a   Pearce, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Pulmonary function; Welding fume

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

FROG ERYTHROCYTIC VIRUS;

EID: 0032937356     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.5.328     Document Type: Article

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