Respiratory impairment due to asbestos exposure in brake-lining workers

Environmental Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-156

  Erdinç, Münevver ^a   Erdinç, Ertürk ^a   Çok, Gürsel ^a   Polatli, Mehmet ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Brake lining; Spirometry; Transfer coefficient; Transfer factor

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHRYSOTILE; TRANSFER FACTOR;

ASBESTOS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WORKER;

EID: 0037333421     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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