Effects of smoking, gender and occupational exposure on the risk of severe pulmonary fibrosis: A population-based case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ekström, Magnus ^a,b   Gustafson, Torbjörn ^c   Boman, Kurt ^c   Nilsson, Kenneth ^c   Tornling, Göran ^d   Murgia, Nicola ^e   Torén, Kjell ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; OXYGEN THERAPY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WOOD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84892876177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004018     Document Type: Article

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