Lung Function among Workers in the Soft Tissue Paper-Producing Industry

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 731-736

  Kraus, Thomas ^a   Pfahlberg, Annette ^b   Zöbelein, Petra ^b   Gefeller, Olaf ^b   Raithel, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellulose fibers; Cumulative exposure index; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIBER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; VITAL CAPACITY; WORKER;

EID: 1242284320     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.731     Document Type: Article

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