Airflow obstruction attributable to work in industry and occupation among U.S. race/ethnic groups: A study of NHANES III data

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-135

  Hnizdo, Eva ^a   Sullivan, Patricia A ^a   Bang, Ki Moon ^a   Wagner, Gregory ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Employment; Prevalence; Racial ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043100565     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20042     Document Type: Article

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