An epidemiological study of the respiratory health of workers in the European refractory ceramic fibre industry

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 800-810

  Cowie, H A ^a   Wild, P ^b   Beck, J ^a   Auburtin, G ^c   Piekarski, C ^d   Massin, N ^b   Cherrie, J W ^a   Hurley, J F ^a   Miller, B G ^a   Groat, S ^a   Soutar, C A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic fibres; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING;

EID: 0035172283     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.12.800     Document Type: Article

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