Association between occupational exposure and lung function, respiratory symptoms, and high-resolution computed tomography imaging in COPDGene

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 756-762

  Marchetti, Nathaniel ^a   Garshick, Eric ^b   Kinney, Gregory L ^c   McKenzie, Alex ^d   Stinson, Douglas ^d   Lutz, Sharon M ^e   Lynch, David A ^d   Criner, Gerard J ^a   Silverman, Edwin K ^b   Crapo, James D ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Emphysema; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC COUGH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUME; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922413396     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201403-0493OC     Document Type: Article

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