Reproducibility of survey results from a study of occupation-related respiratory health in the aluminum industry

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 774-782

  Ikin, Jill F ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Epidemiology; Occupational Exposure; Reproducibility of Results; Respiratory Disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATCH TESTS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036840168     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290096023     Document Type: Article

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