COPD causation and workplace exposures: An assessment of agreement among expert clinical raters

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-179

  Fishwick, David ^a   Darby, Anthony ^a   Hnizdo, Eva ^b   Barber, Chris ^a   Sumner, Jade ^a   Barraclough, Richard ^c   Bolton, Charlotte ^d   Burge, Sherwood ^e   Calverley, Peter ^f   Hopkinson, Nick ^g   Hoyle, Jennifer ^h   Lawson, Rod ⁱ   Niven, Robert ^c   Pickering, Tony ^c   Prowse, Keith ^j   Reid, Peter ^k   Warburton, Chris ^f   Blanc, Paul D ^l  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ STH NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^j STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

COPD; Expert agreement; FEV1 decline; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84875868285     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2012.737072     Document Type: Article

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