Excessive longitudinal FEV1 decline and risks to future health: A case-control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 909-915

  Wang, Mei Lin ^a   Avashia, Bipin H ^b   Wood, John ^a   Petsonk, Edward L ^a  

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

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive; Excessive FEV1 decline; Mass screening; Pulmonary disease; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUTUROLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RACE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; HERBICIDE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYLISOTHIOCYANATE; PHOSGENE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOSGENE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 71949097974     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20764     Document Type: Article

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