Occupation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Occupation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
In a recent editorial Dr. Sherwood Burge reviewed the evidence for the relationship between occupational exposures to dusts, gases and fumes and chronic obstructive lung disease [1]. We welcome Dr Burge's attention for this important but often under-appreciated subject. In the same issue of the journal our paper "Occupational exposures estimated by a population specific job exposure matrix and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.94.07122260