A long term study of pulmonary function among US refractory ceramic fibre workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-95

  McKay, Roy T ^a   LeMasters, Grace K ^a   Hilbert, Timothy J ^a   Levin, Linda S ^a   Rice, Carol H ^a   Borton, Eric K ^a   Lockey, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGING; CERAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 78751651335     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048033     Document Type: Article

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