Lung function in asbestos-exposed workers, a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wilken, Dennis ^a   Garrido, Marcial ^a   Manuwald, Ulf ^a   Baur, Xaver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos; chest X ray; computed tomography; lung function; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 79960670272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-6-21     Document Type: Article

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