Lifetime occupational exposure to dusts, gases and fumes is associated with bronchitis symptoms and higher diffusion capacity in COPD patients

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Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Rodríguez, Esther ^a,b   Ferrer, Jaume ^a,b   Zock, Jan Paul ^b,c,d   Serra, Ignasi ^b,c,d   Antó, Josep M ^b,c,d,e   De Batlle, Jordi ^b,c,d,e   Kromhout, Hans ^f   Vermeulen, Roel ^f   Donaire González, David ^b,c,d,e   Benet, Marta ^b,c,d,e   Balcells, Eva ^b,d   Monsó, Eduard ^b,g,j   Gayete, Àngel ^d   Garcia Aymerich, Judith ^b,c,d,e   Guerra, Stefano ^d   Gea, Joaquim ^d   Orozco Levi, Mauricio ^d   Vollmer, Ivan ^d   Barberà, Joan Albert ^h   Gómez, Federico P ^h   Paré, Carles ^h   Roca, Josep ^h   Rodriguez Roisin, Robert ^h   Agustí, Àlvar ^h   Freixa, Xavier ^h   Rodriguez, Diego A ^h   Gimeno, Elena ^h   Portillo, Karina ^h   Andreu, Jordi ^a   Pallissa, Esther ^a   Casan, Pere ⁱ   Güell, Rosa ⁱ   Giménez, Ana ⁱ   Marín, Alicia ^j   Morera, Josep ^j   Farrero, Eva ^k   Escarrabill, Joan ^k   Ferrer, Antoni ^l   Sauleda, Jaume ^m   Togores, Bernat ^m   Gáldiz, Juan Bautista ⁿ   López, Lorena ⁿ   Belda, José ^o   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Servei de Pneumologia Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^h INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^l PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^o Instituto Nacional de Silicosis   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUME; GAS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPANISH; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION; DUST; HOSPITALIZATION; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DUST; GAS;

AGED; BRONCHITIS; DIFFUSION; DUST; FEMALE; GASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895521518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088426     Document Type: Article

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