Evaluation of the relationship between radiological abnormalities and both pulmonary function and pulmonary hypertension in coal workers' pneumoconiosis

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 420-426

  Akkoca Yildiz, Oznur ^a   Eris Gulbay, Banu ^a   Saryal, Sevgi ^a   Karabiyikoglu, Gulseren ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; Lung function; Pulmonary haemodynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGANIZATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SCORING SYSTEM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COAL MINING; DISEASE COURSE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COAL MINING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34547455821     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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