Lung function over the first 3 years of a professional diving career

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 390-395

  Skogstad, Marit ^a   Thorsen, Einar ^b   Haldorsen, Tor ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diving; Follow up study; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CAREER; DIVING; EDUCATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIVING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034025975     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.6.390     Document Type: Article

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