The association between occupational factors and adverse health outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 661-667

  Blanc, P D ^a,b   Eisner, M D ^b   Trupin, L ^b   Yelin, E H ^b   Katz, P P ^b   Balmes, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUME; GAS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SMOKING; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAPOR; WORK DISABILITY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242886495     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.010058     Document Type: Review

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