Differential respirable dust related lung function effects between current and former South African coal miners

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-302

  Naidoo, Rajen N ^a   Robins, Thomas G ^b   Seixas, Noah ^c   Lalloo, Umesh G ^a   Becklake, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal dust; Cumulative dust exposure; Dose response relationship; Lung function

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COAL MINING; DUST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 20444377287     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0602-1     Document Type: Article

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