Risk and significance of chest radiograph and pulmonary function abnormalities in an elderly cohort of former nuclear weapons workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1046-1053

  Mikulski, Marek A ^a   Hartley, Patrick G ^c   Sprince, Nancy L ^d   Sanderson, Wayne T ^d   Lourens, Spencer ^b   Worden, Nicole E ^c   Wang, Kai ^b   Fuortes, Laurence J ^a  

^a Departments of Occupational and Environmental Health   (United States)

^b Environment and Human Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

EID: 80052723497     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318229aaff     Document Type: Article

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