Lung function and respiratory symptoms in hard metal workers exposed to cobalt

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-413

  Rehfisch, Pia ^a   Anderson, Martin ^b,e   Berg, Peter ^c   Lampa, Erik ^a   Nordling, Yvonne ^d   Svartengren, Magnus ^e   Westberg, Håkan ^c   Gunnarsson, Lars Gunnar ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Occupational Health Service   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COBALT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 84859640748     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31824d2d7e     Document Type: Article

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