Weight change and lung function: Implications for workplace surveillance studies

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 596-604

  McKay, Roy T ^a   Levin, Linda S ^a   Lockey, James E ^a   Lemasters, Grace K ^a   Medvedovic, Mario ^a   Papes, Diane M ^a   Simpson, Susan R ^a   Rice, Carol H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033001714     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199907000-00008     Document Type: Article

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