Effects of occupational exposures and smoking on lung function in tile factory workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Jaakkola, Maritta S ^a,b   Sripaiboonkij, Penpatra ^b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust exposure; Silica; Smoking; Spirometry; Synergism; Tile workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THAILAND; TIME; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; CERAMICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 79151475782     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0603-6     Document Type: Article

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