Occupational history quality in patients with newly documented, clinician-diagnosed chronic bronchitis

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 378-383

  Kuschner, Ware G ^a   Hegde, Shainy ^a   Agrawal, Madhuri ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; Occupational exposure; Occupational medicine; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DANGEROUS GOODS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; VETERAN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 60249091188     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1559     Document Type: Article

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