Emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in coal miners

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-125

  Santo Tomas, Linus H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; coal workers; emphysema; pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COAL MINING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHITIS; COAL; COAL MINING; DUST; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951675683     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283431674     Document Type: Article

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