Does asbestos exposure cause airway obstruction, in the absence of confirmed asbestosis?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-530

  Ameille, Jacques ^a   Letourneux, Marc ^b   Paris, Christophe ^b   Brochard, Patrick ^c   Stoufflet, Audrey ^b   Schorle, Evelyne ^d   Gislard, Antoine ^e   Laurent, François ^b   Conso, Françoise ^f   Pairon, Jean Claude ^g  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c University Hospital   (France)

^d ERSM Rhone Alpes   (France)

^e ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Inst Interuniv de Med du Travail   (France)

^g INSERM U955   (France)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Asbestos exposure; Cohort study

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FRANCE; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASBESTOS; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 77957076242     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200812-1815OC     Document Type: Article

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