Occupational Exposures and Chronic Airflow Limitation
The recent literature was reviewed to evaluate whether chronic airflow limitation is associated with occupational exposures to dusts. Only those studies that controlled for the effects of smoking were included. There is compelling evidence that exposure to inorganic dusts, such as from coal and hard...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1996-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Respiratory Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/146138 |