Association between impaired lung function and coronary artery calcium score in workers exposed to inorganic dust

Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-142

  Yoon, Jin Ha ^a   Choi, Byung Soon ^a   Shin, Jae Hoon ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Lee, You Lim ^a   Kim, Jang Young ^b   Lee, Won Jeong ^a  

^a Occupational Lung Diseases Institute   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium score; Dust exposure; Lung function

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MINING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84873277323     PISSN: 20059752     EISSN: 22337784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13530-012-0128-3     Document Type: Article

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