Medical surveillance for the emerging occupational and environmental respiratory diseases

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-125

  Weissman, David N ^a  

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

Author keywords

constrictive bronchiolitis; medical surveillance; respiratory disease; spirometry; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICARBONYL DERIVATIVE; 2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETYLACETONE; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOFIBER;

ARMY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; VETERAN;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896735370     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000033     Document Type: Review

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