Longitudinal lung function decline and wood dust exposure in the furniture industry

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-342

  Jacobsen, G ^a,b   Schlunssen V ^b   Schaumburg, I ^a   Taudorf, E ^c   Sigsgaard, T ^b  

^a SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort; Dust; Lung function in epidemiology; Occupational; Sex; Wood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WOOD DUST; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD;

EID: 40649085118     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00146806     Document Type: Article

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