Increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in coke oven workers: Interaction between occupational exposure and smoking

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-295

  Hu, Y ^b   Chen, B ^a   Yin, Z ^a   Jia, L ^a   Zhou, Y ^a   Jin, T ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COKE; COKE OVEN EMISSION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COKE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33645572892     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.051524     Document Type: Article

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