Pulmonary function tests at work

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 783-793

  Sood, Akshay ^a   Redlich, Carrie A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COAL; COBALT; COPPER OXIDE; CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METAL OXIDE; METHACHOLINE; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COTTON DUST; DANDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035672351     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70066-6     Document Type: Article

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