Airways obstruction among older construction and trade workers at department of energy nuclear sites

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-240

  Dement, John M ^a   Welch, Laura ^b   Ringen, Knut ^c   Bingham, Eula ^d   Quinn, Patricia ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^c Stoneturn Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Construction; COPD; DOE; Group level exposures; Parenchymal; Pleural; Radiograph; Silica; Surveillance; Trades; Welding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 77749340374     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20792     Document Type: Article

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