Spray-painting and chronic airways obstruction

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-111

  Glindmeyer, Henry W ^a   Lefante Jr , John J ^b   Rando, Roy J ^b   Freyder, Laurie ^a   Hnizdo, Eva ^c   Jones, Robert N ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cross sectional; Isocyanate exposure; Lung function; Spray paint

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; PAINT;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STANDARD;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTINGS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 4043160017     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20054     Document Type: Article

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