Associations between radiographic findings and spirometry in a community exposed to Libby amphibole

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 361-366

  Larson, Theodore C ^a   Lewin, Michael ^a   Gottschall, E Brigitte ^b   Antao, Vinicius C ^a   Kapil, Vikas ^c   Rose, Cecile S ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859876650     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100316     Document Type: Article

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