Women and occupational lung disease: Sex differences and gender influences on research and disease outcomes

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-279

  Camp, Patricia G ^a,b   Dimich Ward, Helen ^b   Kennedy, Susan M ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILICOSIS; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1942476545     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2004.01.004     Document Type: Review

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