Impairment of lung function in asbestos-exposed workers in relation to high-resolution computed tomography

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-51

  Piirilä, Päivi ^a,b   Lindqvist, Marja ^a   Huuskonen, Olli ^a,b   Kaleva, Simo ^a   Koskinen, Heikki ^a   Lethola, Hannu ^a,c   Vehmas, Tapio ^a   Kivisaari, Leena ^b   Sovijärvi, Ansa R A ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Diffusing capacity; Emphysema; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WORKER;

EID: 14844346406     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.847     Document Type: Article

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