1. COPD and Occupational Exposures: A Case-Control Study.
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Weinmann, Sheila, Vollmer, William M., Breen, Victor, Heumann, Michael, Hnizdo, Eva, Villnave, Jacqueline, Doney, Brent, Graziani, Monica, McBurnie, Mary Ann, and Buist, A. Sonia
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OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases , *DUST , *THRESHOLD limit values (Industrial toxicology) , *DIESEL motor exhaust gas , *VAPORS - Abstract
The article presents a case study on occupational exposures and its connection with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on respondents aged 45 years old and above. The results suggest that occupational exposures most strongly linked with COPD were diesel exhaust, irritant gases and vapors, mineral dust and metal dust.
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- 2008
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