Relationship between chest X-ray findings and pulmonary function tests in dust workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 256-266

  Tonori, Yoko ^a   Niitsuya, Masato ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a   Sugiura, Yumiko ^a   Miyake, Hitoshi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chest X ray; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary function; Silica

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ASBESTOS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 13844305798     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.256     Document Type: Review

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