Sweeper’s lung disease: a cross-sectional study of an overlooked illness among sweepers of Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Sweepers are prone to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease even without tobacco smoking. PURPOSE: To investigate roadside dust as a cause of air flow obstruction among sweepers, and the role of spirometry in its preclinical diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One-hundred nonsmoking...

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Autores principales: Anwar, Shaikh Khurshid, Mehmood, Naeem, Nasim, Nasir, Khurshid, Maryam, Khurshid, Bilal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626464
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S40468

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626464
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S40468

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