Can aerosol-derived airway morphometry detect early, asymptomatical lung emphysema?

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-151

  Brand, P ^a   Letzel, S ^b   Buchta, M ^b   Scheuch, G ^c   Windorfer, K ^d   Hilla, W ^d   Smith, H J ^e   Kraus, T ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Inamed GmbH   (Germany)

^d AUDI AG   (Germany)

^e Erich Jaeger GmbH   (Germany)

^f RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol derived airway morphometry; Aluminum welders; Emphysema; High resolution computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AEROSOL DERIVED AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; SPIROMETRY; TECHNIQUE; WELDING;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALUMINUM; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038808955     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089426803321919906     Document Type: Article

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