Determinants of spirometric abnormalities among silicotic patients in Hong Kong

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 490-493

  Leung, Chi C ^a   Chang, Kwok C ^a   Law, Wing S ^a   Yew, Wing W ^b   Tam, Cheuk M ^a   Chan, Chi K ^a   Wong, Man Y ^a  

^a Shaukiwan Jockey Club Clinic   (Hong Kong)

^b GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Silicosis; Smoking; Spirometry; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILICOSIS; SPIROMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAL CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 24944459943     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi107     Document Type: Article

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