Lung function prediction equations derived from healthy South African gold miners

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 698-705

  Hnizdo, Eva ^a   Churchyard, Gavin ^b   Dowdeswel, Rob ^c  

^a National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^b Arum Health Research   (South Africa)

^c Precious Metal Refiners   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Miners; Pulmonary function reference equations; Silica dust

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOLD; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033832446     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.10.698     Document Type: Article

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