Occupational exposure to dusts, gases, and fumes and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the swiss cohort study on air pollution and lung and heart diseases in adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1292-1300

  Mehta, Amar J ^a,b,c   Miedinger, David ^d,e   Keidel, Dirk ^a,b   Bettschart, Robert ^f   Bircher, Andreas ^e   Bridevaux, Pierre Olivier ^g   Curjuric, Ivan ^a,b   Kromhout, Hans ^h   Rochat, Thierry ^g   Rothe, Thomas ⁱ   Russi, Erich W ^j   Schikowski, Tamara ^a,b   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Turk, Alexander ⁱ   Vermeulen, Roel ^h   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Occupational Medicine   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences ^*  (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUME; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPIROMETRY; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862514332     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201110-1917OC     Document Type: Article

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