Cumulative exposure to dust causes accelerated decline in lung function in tunnel workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 663-669

  Ulvestad, B ^a,c   Bakke, B ^b   Eduard, W ^b   Kongerud, J ^c   Lund, M B ^c  

^a Selmer ASA   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heavy construction; Lung function; Respirable dust

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OIL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFINED SPACES; DUST; ENGINEERING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL OIL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUARTZ; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034824278     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.10.663     Document Type: Article

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