Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among residents of an historically industrialised area

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 901-907

  Darby, Anthony C ^a   Waterhouse, Judith C ^b,c   Stevens, Vivien ^c   Billings, Clare G ^c   Billings, Catherine G ^b,c   Burton, Clare M ^a   Young, Charlotte ^a   Wight, Jeremy ^d   Blanc, Paul D ^e   Fishwick, David ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Sheffield Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VAPOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866069334     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200543     Document Type: Article

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