Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in construction workers;Tunnelarbeid gir økt risiko for kronisk obstruktiv lungesykdom

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2292-2295

  Ulvestad, Bente ^a,c   Lund, May Brit ^b  

^a Rikshospitalet ^*

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Kreftregisteret   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOMETRY; SPIROMETRY; WORKER; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; BUILDING MATERIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARTICLE SIZE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0142029046     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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