Pulmonary function abnormalities in never-smoking flight attendants exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke in the aircraft cabin

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 639-646

  Arjomandi, Mehrdad ^a,b,c   Haight, Thaddeus ^d   Redberg, Rita ^a,b   Gold, Warren M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 68049146069     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181a7f048     Document Type: Article

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