Dust is in the air: Effects of occupational exposure to mineral dust on lung function in a 9-year study

Lung

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-263

  Hochgatterer, Karl ^a   Moshammer, Hanns ^b   Haluza, Daniela ^b  

^a Centre of Occupational Health Perg GmbH   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Occupational mineral dust exposure; Quartz dust spirometry; Smoking

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DECELERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENDER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUARTZ; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84878726768     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-013-9463-7     Document Type: Article

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