Unexpected excessive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality among female silk textile workers in Shanghai, China

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 883-887

  Cui, Ling ^a   Gallagher, Lisa G ^a   Ray, Roberta M ^b   Li, Wenjin ^a,b   Gao, Daoli ^c   Zhang, Yingzhe ^d   Vedal, Sverre ^a   Thomas, David B ^a,b   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA ACADEMY OF SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SILK; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COTTON FIBER; DUST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SILK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 81855182185     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.062034     Document Type: Article

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