Change in prevalence of asbestos-related disease among sheet metal workers 1986 to 2004

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 863-869

  Welch, Laura S ^a   Haile, Elizabeth ^a   Dement, John ^b   Michaels, David ^c  

^a The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947385010     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1155     Document Type: Article

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