Incidence and prevalence of chronic bronchitis: Impact of smoking and welding. The RHINE study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-557

  Holm, Mathias ^a   Kim, J L ^a   Lillienberg, L ^a   Storaas, T ^b   Jogi R ^c   Svanes, C ^b   Schlunssen V ^d   Forsberg, B ^e   Gislason T ^f,g   Janson, C ^h   Toren K ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic bronchitis; General population; Occupational; Smoking; Welding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; WELDING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; WELDING;

EID: 84863337584     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0288     Document Type: Article

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