Contributions of dust exposure and cigarette smoking to emphysema severity in coal miners in the United States

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Kuempel, Eileen D ^a   Wheeler, Matthew W ^a   Smith, Randall J ^a   Vallyathan, Val ^a   Green, Francis H Y ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Occupational exposure; Regression analysis; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AUTOPSY; COAL MINING; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749094805     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200806-840OC     Document Type: Article

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