Pulmonary functions in Arc-welders in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 461-464

  Erhabor, G E ^a   Fatusi, S ^a   Obembe, O B ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WELDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WELDING;

EID: 0035540565     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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