Respiratory health of automobile workers and exposures to metal-working fluid aerosols: Lung spirometry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 443-453

  Eisen, Ellen A ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^b   Kriebel, David ^c   Woskie, Susan R ^d   Myers, Douglas J ^a   Kennedy, Susan M ^a   Shalat, Stuart ^a   Monson, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile workers; Lung function; Machinists; Metal working fluids

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METAL; OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035028163     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1038     Document Type: Article

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