Persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-underground iron ore miners

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 380-385

  Hedlund, Ulf ^a,b   Jarvholm B ^a   Lundback B ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic bronchitis; Epidemiology; Ex miners; Respiratory symptoms; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKING TIME;

BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749611067     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql035     Document Type: Article

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