Increased risk of obstructive pulmonary disease in tunnel workers

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-282

  Ulvestad, Bente ^a   Bakke, Berit ^a   Melbostad, Erik ^a   Fuglerud, Per ^b   Kongerud, Johny ^c   Lund, May Brit ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

quartz; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diesel exhausts; Lung function; Occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGINEERING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034110456     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.4.277     Document Type: Article

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