Medical clearance for respirator use: Sensitivity and specificity of a questionnaire

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-400

  Pappas, George P ^a   Takaro, Timothy K ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Beaudet, Nancy ^a   Salazar, Mary ^a   Calcagni, John ^b   Shoop, Douglas ^c   Barnhart, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Hanford Environ Health Foundation   (United States)

^c Fluor Hanford Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical surveillance; Occupational medicine; Respiratory protective devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032995417     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199904)35:4<395::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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