Assessing occupational and environmental exposures that cause lung disease

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 695-705

  Bracker, Anne ^a   Storey, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; HOME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; WORK;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036951627     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(02)00035-7     Document Type: Review

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