Surveillance of respiratory diseases among construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 559-573

  Dement, John M ^a   Welch, Laura ^c   Bingham, Eula ^c   Cameron, Buck ^b   Rice, Carol ^c   Quinn, Patricia ^b   Ringen, Knut ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asbestos; Construction; DOE; Hanford; Oak Ridge; Parenchymal; Pleural; Radiograph; Savannah River; Silica; Surveillance; Trades

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038824031     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10226     Document Type: Article

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