Respiratory abnormalities among male foundry workers in central Taiwan

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 499-505

  Kuo, H W ^a   Chang, C L ^a   Liang, W M ^a   Chung, B C ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foundry workers; Lung function; Male; Pneumoconiosis; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FOUNDRY; FURNACE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SMOKING; TAIWAN; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033381492     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.8.499     Document Type: Article

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