Pulmonary and auditory function among experienced construction divers: A cross-sectional study

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 644-649

  Skogstad, Marit ^a   Haldorsen, Tor ^b   Kjuus, Helge ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auditory function; Diving; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVING; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033008037     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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