Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality ir railroad workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Hart, J E ^a,b,c,d   Laden, F ^a,b   Eisen, E A ^a   Smith, T J ^a   Garshick, E ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RAILROADS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 65149094884     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.040493     Document Type: Article

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